Effect of altering automatic exposure control settings and quality reference mAs on radiation dose, image quality, and diagnostic efficacy in MDCT enterography of active inflammatory Crohn's disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Allen, Brian C ^a   Baker, Mark E ^a   Einstein, David M ^a   Remer, Erick M ^a   Herts, Brian R ^a   Achkar, Jean Paul ^a   Davros, William J ^a   Novak, Eric ^a   Obuchowski, Nancy A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; CT enterography; Dose reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954691805     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3611     Document Type: Article

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