Absorbed radiation dose in radiosensitive organs during coronary CT angiography using 320-MDCT: Effect of maximum tube voltage and heart rate variations

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1347-1354

  Nikolic, Boris ^a   Khosa, Faisal ^a   Lin, Pei Jan Paul ^a   Khan, Atif N ^a   Sarwar, Sheryar ^a   Yam, Chun Shan ^a   Court, Laurence E ^b   Raptopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Clouse, Melvin E ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

320 MDCT; Absorbed radiation dose; Cardiac imaging; Cardiac MDCT; CT dose index; Dose length product; Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; HEART RATE; LUNG; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID GLAND;

BREAST; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LUNG; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649746437     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4333     Document Type: Article

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