Comparison of two types of adult phantoms in terms of organ doses from diagnostic CT procedures

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1441-1451

  Liu, Haikuan ^a,b   Gu, Jianwei ^a   Caracappa, Peter F ^a   Xu, X George ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT FEMALES; ADULT PATIENTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL PHANTOM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT PROTOCOL; CT SCANNERS; CT SCANNING; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; DOSE UNCERTAINTIES; LIGHTSPEED; MCNPX CODE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POTENTIAL RISKS; SIZE AND POSITION; SURFACE MESH; X-RAY ENERGIES;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76849115810     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/5/012     Document Type: Article

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