Computing effective dose in cardiac CT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3675-3684

  Huda, Walter ^a   Tipnis, Sameer ^a   Sterzik, Alexander ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ANATOMICAL LOCATIONS; CARDIAC CT; CARDIAC IMAGING; CHEST CT SCANS; CONVERSION FACTOR; CT SCAN; CT SCANNERS; DOSE-LENGTH PRODUCTS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; INCIDENT RADIATION; PATIENT SIZE; SCAN TECHNIQUES; WEIGHTING FACTORS; X-RAY TUBE VOLTAGES;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DOSIMETRY; HEART; X RAY TUBES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 77953866167     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/13/007     Document Type: Article

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