Dosimetric and image quality comparison of different 64-slice CT scanners

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-200

  Colli, V ^a   Strocchi, S ^b   Vite, C ^b   Cacciatori, M ^c   Rizzi, E ^d   Marzoli, L ^e   Conte, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^c SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Cardinal Massaia   (Italy)

^e BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT; Image quality; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PHANTOMS; SCANNING;

ACQUISITION PROTOCOLS; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CT DEVICES; CT SCANNERS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; FIGURE OF MERIT (FOM); ORGAN DOSE; SIEMENS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950884011     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03879-2_56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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