Influence of phantom diameter, kVp and scan mode upon computed tomography dose index

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 395-402

  Nickoloff, Edward L ^a,b   Dutta, Ajoy K ^a   Lu, Zheng F ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MHB 3 265 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CT phantom; Pediatric CT; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOMS; RADIATION; X RAY TUBES;

ADULT HEAD; DOSE MEASUREMENT; MULTI SLICES; PATIENT SIZE; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PHANTOM SIZES; SIMPLIFIED EQUATIONS; VARIABLE PITCH;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037342616     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1543149     Document Type: Article

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