Individualized volume CT dose index determined by cross-sectional area and mean density of the body to achieve uniform image noise of contrast-enhanced pediatric chest CT obtained at variable kV levels and with combined tube current modulation

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 839-847

  Goo, Hyun Woo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Body density; Body weight; Chest CT in children; Cross sectional area; Image quality; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BODY CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; BODY DENSITY; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; VOLUME CT DOSE INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960004362     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2121-4     Document Type: Article

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