Organ-based computed tomographic (CT) radiation dose reduction to the lenses: Impact on image quality for CT of the head

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-338

  Reimann, Anja Judith ^a   Davison, Chris ^a   Bjarnason, Thor ^b,c   Yogesh, Thakur ^a,b   Kryzmyk, Karl ^d   Mayo, John ^a,b   Nicolaou, Savvas ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Interior Health Authority   (Canada)

^d SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; dose; DSCT; eye lens dose

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

BRAIN STEM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE; DOSE REDUCTION; DSCT; EYE LENS; EYE LENS DOSE; IMAGE NOISE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTIONS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPECIFIC ORGAN DOSE ADAPTION AND REDUCTION;

EID: 84861524386     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318251ec61     Document Type: Article

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