Automated size-specific CT dose monitoring program: Assessing variability in CT dose

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 7131-7139

  Christianson, Olav ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Frush, Donald ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; effective dose; radiation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISKS; HEAT RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MONITORING; OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SCANNING;

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATION IN MEDICINES; DOSE-LENGTH PRODUCTS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT COMPLIANT; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868525224     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4761871     Document Type: Article

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