Automatic patient centering for MDCT: Effect on radiation dose

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 547-552

  Li, Jianhai ^a   Udayasankar, Unni K ^a   Toth, Thomas L ^b   Seamans, John ^b   Small, William C ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Positioning; Radiation dose; Technology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; STUDENT T TEST; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846503259     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0370     Document Type: Review

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