Comparison of image quality and radiation dose between combined automatic tube current modulation and fixed tube current technique in CT of abdomen and pelvis

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1101-1106

  Lee, Sanghee ^a   Yoon, Sang Wook ^b   Yoo, Seung Min ^b   Ji, Young Geon ^b   Kim, Kyoung Ah ^b   Kim, Sang Heum ^b   Lee, Jong Tae ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Combined automatic tube current modulation; CT; Fixed tube current; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES; DOSE REDUCTION; IMAGE NOISE; MULTI-DETECTOR ROW CT; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL TESTS; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; TUBE CURRENTS;

DOSIMETRY; HEALTH; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION; RADIATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155193047     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.100295     Document Type: Article

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