Misoperation of CT automatic tube current modulation systems with inappropriate patient centering: Phantom studies

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 862-865

  Matsubara, Kosuke ^a   Koshida, Kichiro ^a   Ichikawa, Katsuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Masayuki ^a   Takata, Tadanori ^b   Yamamoto, Tomoyuki ^b   Matsui, Osamu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic tube current modulation; MDCT; Noise; Positioning; Tube current

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE; X RAY FILM;

HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSTURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63849287809     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1472     Document Type: Article

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