Dose reduction to anterior surfaces with organ-based tube-current modulation: Evaluation of performance in a phantom study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 689-695

  Duan, Xinhui ^a   Wang, Jia ^a   Christner, Jodie A ^a   Leng, Shuai ^a   Grant, Katharine L ^b   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Dose reduction; Tube current modulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE; ORGAN BASED TUBE CURRENT MODULATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; THORAX;

HEAD; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052256528     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6061     Document Type: Article

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