Reduction of dose to the female breast in thoracic CT: A comparison of standard-protocol, bismuth-shielded, partial and tube-current-modulated CT examinations

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1674-1682

  Vollmar, Sabrina V ^a   Kalender, Willi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast; Chest; Radiation dosimetry; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BISMUTH SHIELDED COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; BREAST EXAMINATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PARTIAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SHIELD; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBE CURRENT MODULATION COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BISMUTH; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48949116166     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-0934-9     Document Type: Article

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