Precision of dosimetry-related measurements obtained on current multidetector computed tomography scanners

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4102-4109

  Mathieu, Kelsey B ^a   McNitt Gray, Michael F ^b   Zhang, Di ^b   Kim, Hyun J ^c   Cody, Dianna D ^d  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coefficient of variation; CT; MDCT; measurement precision; radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS; SCANNING; WOOLEN AND WORSTED YARN;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; MDCT; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW CT; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; PRECISION ERRORS; TECHNICAL FACTORS;

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149478819     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3426000     Document Type: Article

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