Does the amount of tagged stool and fluid significantly affect the radiation exposure in low-dose CT colonography performed with an automatic exposure control?

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 345-352

  Lim, Hyun Kyong ^a,b   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a,b   Kim, So Yeon ^a,b   Kim, Kil Joong ^b   Kim, Bohyoung ^c   Lee, Hyunna ^c   Park, Seong Ho ^d   Yanof, Jeffrey H ^e   Hwang, Seung Sik ^f   Kim, Young Hoon ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automatic exposure control; CT colonography; Radiation dose; Tagging

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM; BODY BURDEN; BODY FLUIDS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; ENEMA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79951950909     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1922-4     Document Type: Article

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