The development and use of a chest phantom for optimizing scanning techniques on a variety of low-dose helical computed tomography devices

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 364-374

  Muramatsu, Yoshihisa ^a   Tsuda, Yukihiro ^b   Nakamura, Yoshimasa ^c   Kubo, Mitsuru ^d   Takayama, Toshiyuki ^e   Hanai, Kouzou ^f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Health Service Association   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Association of Health Service   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^e KYOTO KAGAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

^f Kanagawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low dose computed tomography (CT); Lung cancer; Mass screening; Phantoms; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TUMORS;

CHEST PHANTOM; CONDITION; DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; LOW DOSE; LOW-DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; MASS SCREENINGS; PHANTOMS; SCANNING TECHNIQUES; SCREENING EXAMINATIONS;

PHANTOMS;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; THORAX; THORAX WALL; TRACHEA; X RAY;

EID: 0037741079     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200305000-00012     Document Type: Article

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