Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT studies: Balancing patient exposure and image noise

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Brix, Gunnar ^a   Lechel, Ursula ^a   Petersheim, Markus ^b   Krissak, Radko ^b   Fink, Christian ^b  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

biologic radiation effects; dynamic contrast enhanced CT; image noise; patient exposure; spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSIMETER; DYNAMICS; HEAD; HUMAN; NOISE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TRUNK;

EID: 78650706120     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181f33b35     Document Type: Article

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