Assessment of image quality of a standard and three dose-reducing protocols in adult cranial CT

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1959-1968

  Gündoǧdu, Sadi ^a   Mahmutyazicioǧlu, Kamran ^a   Özdemir, Hüseyin ^a   Savranlar, Ahmet ^a   Asil, Kiyasettin ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Head; Radiation dosage; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24044514660     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2550-7     Document Type: Article

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