Dose reduction strategies for thoracic multidetector computed tomography: Background, current issues, and recommendations

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 278-288

  Bankier, Alexander A ^a   Tack, Denis ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Clinique Louis Caty   (Belgium)

Author keywords

automatic exposure control; dose; dose reduction; recommendations; thoracic computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXPIRED AIR; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE REDUCTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78549240639     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181eebc49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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