Dose reduction and image quality assessment in MDCT using AEC (D-DOM & Z-DOM) and in-plane bismuth shielding

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-167

  Lee, Kibaek ^a   Lee, Wonho ^a   Lee, Junhyup ^b   Lee, Boram ^a   Oh, Gyubum ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BREAST; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; THYROID GLAND;

BISMUTH; BODY BURDEN; BREAST; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956275048     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq159     Document Type: Article

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