Automatic exposure control in multichannel CT with tube current modulation to achieve a constant level of image noise: Experimental assessment on pediatric phantoms

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3018-3033

  Brisse, Hervé J ^a   Madec, Ludovic ^a   Gaboriaud, Geneviève ^a   Lemoine, Thomas ^a   Savignoni, Alexia ^a   Neuenschwander, Sylvia ^a   Aubert, Bernard ^b   Rosenwald, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Phantoms imaging; Radiation dosage; Radiation protection; Tomography scanners x ray computed

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MODULATION; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION PROTECTION; TRANSMISSIONS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); X RAYS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; CHILD; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; IMAGE QUALITY CRITERIA; RADIATION DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TUBE CURRENT MODULATIONS; X-RAY COMPUTED;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROL SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NOISE; PATIENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING PHANTOM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHILD; HUMANS; NOISE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34347392698     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2746492     Document Type: Article

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