Impact of image noise levels, scout scan dose and lens shield on image quality and radiation exposure in z-axis dose-modulated neck MSCT on 16- and 64-slice Toshiba Aquilion scanners

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 439-443

  Bauknecht, Hans Christian ^a   Jach, Cornelia ^a   Bohner, Georg ^a   Meyer, Henning ^a   Scheurig, Christian ^a   Siebert, Eberhard ^a   Klingebiel, Randolf ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dose modulation; Neck; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES; DOSE MODULATION; EFFECTIVE DOSE; IMAGE CONTRASTS; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE NOISE LEVEL; IMAGE QUALITY INDEX; MULTISLICE CT; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PHANTOM STUDIES; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TOSHIBA; TUBE CURRENTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LENSES; LIGHT MODULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LENSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76349086186     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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