In-plane shielding for CT: Effect of Off-centering, automatic exposure control and shield-to-surface distance

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-163

  Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a   Dang, Pragya ^a   Singh, Sarabjeet ^a   Saini, Sanjay ^a   Shepard, Jo Anne O ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66749091803     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.2.156     Document Type: Article

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