Dose distribution in pediatric CT head examination: Phantom study

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 22, Issue , 2008, Pages 775-779

  Gotanda, Rumi ^a   Katsuda, T ^b   Gotanda, T ^a,c   Tabuchi, A ^a,d   Yatake, H ^a,e   Takeda, Y ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Oishi Hospital   (Japan)

^d Kawasaki Hospital   (Japan)

^e Kaizuka City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Phantom; Radiation dosimetry; Radiochromic film

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC SHEETS; AS LOW AS REASONABLY ACHIEVABLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PHANTOM STUDIES; PREMATURE BABY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSIMETRY; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; ROLLING UP; SCANNING PARAMETERS; SLICE THICKNESS; SURFACE DOSE; WAVE PATTERNS;

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PEDIATRICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350639465     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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