Chest CT Performed with 3D and z-Axis Automatic Tube Current Modulation Technique. Breast and Effective Doses

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 450-455

  Matsubara, Kosuke ^a   Takata, Tadanori ^a   Koshida, Kichiro ^a   Noto, Kimiya ^a   Shimono, Tetsunori ^a   Horii, Junsei ^a   Yamamoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Matsui, Osamu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

absorbed dose; chest; Computed tomography; effective dose; mammary gland

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CANCER; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN CANCER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BODY BURDEN; BREAST; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 61649118802     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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