Abdominal CT at low peak tube potential settings brings promises, but new rules apply

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1322-1323

  Yeh, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Low kilovoltage; Low peak tube potential; Low tube voltage; MDCT; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; X RAY TUBE;

BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960538513     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6924     Document Type: Note

References (2)

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2. Yanaga Y, Awai K, Nakaura T, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients weighing 70 kg or less: initial trial of compact-bolus dynamic CT with low-dose contrast material at 80 kVp. AJR 2011; 196:1324-1331