The relevance of image quality indices for dose optimization in abdominal multi-detector row CT in children: Experimental assessment with pediatric phantoms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1871-1892

  Brisse, H J ^a   Brenot, J ^a   Pierrat, N ^a   Gaboriaud, G ^a   Savignoni, A ^a   De Rycke, Y ^a   Neuenschwander, S ^a   Aubert, B ^b   Rosenwald, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b Institute de Radioprotection et de Securite Nucleaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; CONTRAST-TO-NOISE RATIOS; CT PROTOCOLS; DETECTABILITY; DOSE OPTIMIZATIONS; DOSE REDUCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; FOUR CHANNELS; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE QUALITY INDICES; MULTI DETECTORS; PATIENT SIZES; PHANTOM SIZES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TUBE CURRENTS;

COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); FISH; IMAGE QUALITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; PEDIATRICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEMPIDINE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63649095030     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/7/002     Document Type: Article

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