Use of automatic tube current modulation with a standardized noise index in young children undergoing chest computed tomography scans with 64-slice multidetector computed tomography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1175-1181

  Peng, Yun ^a   Li, Jianying ^a   Ma, Daqing ^b   Zhang, Qifeng ^a   Liu, Yue ^a   Zeng, Jinjin ^a   Sun, Guoqiang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ATCM; Chest; CT; CTDI vol; NI (noise index); Young children

Indexed keywords

ADULT PATIENTS; AVERAGE IMAGE; CHEST CT; CLINICAL APPLICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CONTROL GROUPS; DOSE REDUCTION; FIELD OF VIEWS; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE SLICES; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE INDEX; NOISE LEVELS; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARD PROTOCOLS; STUDY GROUPS; TUBE CURRENTS; YOUNG CHILDREN;

ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; SCANNING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

IMAGE QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73149107026     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903241914     Document Type: Article

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