Multidetector CT urography: Experimental analysis of radiation dose reduction in an animal model

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2318-2324

  Kemper, Joern ^a   Regier, Marc ^a   Bansmann, Paul M ^a   Begemann, Philipp G C ^a   Stork, Alexander ^a   Nagel, Hans Dieter ^b   Adam, Gerhard ^a   Nolte Ernsting, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Ct; Dose reduction; Exposure to personnel and patients; Radiation; Ureter; Urography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SWINE; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; X RAY;

ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANIMAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 34548095434     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0565-y     Document Type: Article

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