Impact of operator-selected image noise index and reconstruction slice thickness on patient radiation dose in 64-MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 219-225

  Kanal, Kalpana M ^a   Stewart, Brent K ^a   Kolokythas, Orpheus ^a   Shuman, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

64 MDCT; CT imaging; CT technique; Noise index; Physics; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250823535     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1524     Document Type: Article

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