Method for automatic tube current selection for obtaining a consistent image quality and dose optimization in a cardiac multidetector CT

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 568-574

  Qi, Weiwei ^a   Li, Jianying ^b   Du, Xiangke ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

Automatic tube current modulation; Computed tomography (CT); Consistent image quality; Coronary artery imaging; Dose reduction and optimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; TUBE;

FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73449113287     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.6.568     Document Type: Article

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