Quantification of head and body CTDIVOL of dual-energy x-ray CTwith fast-kVp switching

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2595-2601

  Li, Baojun ^a   Yadava, Girijesh ^b   Hsieh, Jiang ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; CTDIVOL; dosimetry; dual energy; fast kVp switching

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; PHANTOMS;

BODY CONDITION; CTDIVOL; DIAGNOSTIC QUALITY; DUAL ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY; IMAGE QUALITY METRICS; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959563295     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3582701     Document Type: Article

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