Automated computed tomography dose-saving algorithm to protect radiosensitive tissues: Estimation of radiation exposure and image quality considerations

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-152

  Ketelsen, Dominik ^a   Buchgeister, Markus ^b   Fenchel, Michael ^a   Schmidt, Bernhard ^c   Flohr, Thomas G ^c   Syha, Roland ^a   Thomas, Christoph ^a   Tsiflikas, Ilias ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Heuschmid, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alderson RANDO phantom; dosesaving technique; effective dose; female breast; XCare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84855829565     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3182311504     Document Type: Article

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