Patient Size Compensated Automatic Tube Current Modulation in Multi-detector Row CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-211

  Li, Jianhai ^a   Udayasankar, Unni K ^a   Tang, Xiangyang ^a   Toth, Thomas L ^b   Small, William C ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Image quality; MDCT; PSC AutomA; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651076120     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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