Comparison of topogram-based body size indices for CT dose consideration and scan protocol optimization

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3456-3465

  Li, Baojun ^a   Behrman, Richard H ^a   Norbash, Alexander M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation area product; computed tomography; dose; miscentering; patient size index; topogram

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ERRORS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; PIXELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATTENUATION AREA PRODUCT; DOSE; MISCENTERING; PATIENT SIZE; TOPOGRAM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863523468     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4718569     Document Type: Article

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