Principles of CT: Radiation dose and image quality

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-225

  Goldman, Lee W ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; CT; CT technology; PET CT; Quality assurance; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

ARTIFACTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36849020401     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.106.037846     Document Type: Article

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