Dose assessment of digital tomosynthesis in pediatric imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gislason, Amber ^a   Elbakri, Idris A ^a,b   Reedd, Martin ^c  

^a Division of Medical Physics   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALARA; Digital radiography; Digital tomosynthesis; Effective dose; Pediatric; X ray

Indexed keywords

ALARA; ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; BODY PARTS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL APPLICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; DR IMAGES; EFFECTIVE DOSE; FACIAL BONES; FLAT PANEL; PATIENT IMAGES; PEDIATRIC IMAGING; THORACIC SPINE; TOMOSYNTHESIS; X-RAY DOSE;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 66749129185     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.813717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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