Performance of an automatic dose control system for CT: Specifications and basic phantom tests

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-67

  Nagel, Hans Dieter ^a   Stumpp, P ^b   Kahn, T ^b   Gosch, D ^b  

^a Wissenschaft and Technik für Die Radiologie ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; physics; radiation safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC DOSE CONTROL DEVICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AUTOMATION; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NOISE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650663850     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: 14389010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245721     Document Type: Article

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