X-ray tube current modulation and patient doses in chest CT

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-87

  He, Wenjun ^a   Huda, Walter ^b   Magill, Dennise ^b   Tavrides, Emily ^c   Yao, Hai ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78651422753     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq291     Document Type: Article

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