Comparison of the image quality of various fixed and dose modulated protocols for soft tissue neck CT on a GE Lightspeed scanner

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 473-477

  Weidemann, J ^a   Stamm, G ^a   Galanski, M ^a   Keberle, M ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Brüderkrankenhaus St Josef ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Dose optimization; Head and neck; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL REGIONS; AORTIC ARCHES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); CT SCANNERS; DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS; DOSE ADJUSTMENTS; DOSE MODULATIONS; DOSE OPTIMIZATION; DOSE-LENGTH PRODUCTS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; HEAD AND NECK; HIGH DOSE; HIGH QUALITIES; LIGHTSPEED; LOW DOSE; MEAN VALUES; OPTIMIZED PROTOCOLS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; SOFT TISSUES; THYROID GLANDS; TUBE CURRENTS; VOLUME CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT MODULATION; SCANNING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS;

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NECK CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849105461     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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