Direct quantification of breast dose during coronary CT angiography and evaluation of dose reduction strategies

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Abadi, Sobhi ^a   Mehrez, Hatem ^b,d   Ursani, Ali ^a   Parker, Mark ^c   Paul, Narinder ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Toshiba Canada Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

320 MDCT; 64 MDCT; Breast radiation dose; Coronary CT angiography; Gafchromic film

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD;

ADULT; BISMUTH; BODY BURDEN; BREAST; CALIBRATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79251479069     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4626     Document Type: Article

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