Evaluation of image quality and dose in thoracic spiral CT examinations in patients with pulmonary carcinoma. Preliminary results;Evaluación de la calidad de imagen y de la dosis en exámenes de TC helicoidal de tórax en pacientes con carcinoma de pulmón. Resultados preliminares

Radiologia

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 229-236

  Morán Blanco, Luz María ^a   Rodríguez González, Ricardo ^b,c   Calzado Cantera, Alfonso ^b   De Pablo, ángel Arenas ^b,d   Baeza Trujillo, Montserrat ^b   Cuevas Ibáíez, Alfredo ^e   García Castaío, Begoía ^f   Gómez León, Nieves ^g   Turrero Nogués, Agustín ^b   Morán Penco, Pilar ^b  

^a Hospital El Escorial de Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e Hospital del Aire   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

CT; Image quality; Quality criteria; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036755410     PISSN: 00338338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8338(02)77802-8     Document Type: Article

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