Using 100- instead of 120-kVp computed tomography to diagnose pulmonary embolism almost halves the radiation dose with preserved diagnostic quality

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-270

  Björkdahl, Peter ^a   Nyman, Ulf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Arteries; CT angiography; Embolism thrombosis; Thorax

Indexed keywords

CHEST PHANTOM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC QUALITY; DOSE-LENGTH PRODUCTS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; IMAGE NOISE; INJECTION DURATIONS; MEAN VALUES; MULTICHANNEL DETECTORS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION-INDUCED CANCER; SCANNING PARAMETERS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBJECTIVE IMAGE QUALITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; SYRINGES; X RAY TUBES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IODIXANOL; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 77749304526     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903505222     Document Type: Article

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