The Impact of Scan Length on the Exposure Levels in 16- and 64-Row Multidetector Computed Tomography. A Phantom Study

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1142-1147

  Irwan, Roy ^a   de Vries, Henk B K ^a   Sijens, Paul E ^b  

^a Toshiba Medical Systems Europe   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT dose index (CTDI); dose length product (DLP); MDCT; radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; TIME;

PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48649083246     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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