Optimizing abdominal CT dose and image quality with respect to x-ray tube voltage

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5368, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 499-507

  Huda, Walter ^a   Ogden, Kent M ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; CT; Image quality; Imaging task; Optimization; Patient dose; Patient size; X ray tube voltage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL IMAGING; IMAGING TASK; PATIENT DOSE; PATIENT SIZE; PHOTON ENERGY; X RAY TUBE VOLTAGE;

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; IMAGE QUALITY; IODINE; IRRADIATION; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

X RAY TUBES;

EID: 3042544795     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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