Effects of protocol and obesity on dose conversion factors in adult body CT

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6550-6571

  Li, Xiang ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^a   Williams, Cameron H ^b   Segars, W Paul ^a   Tward, Daniel J ^c   Miller, Michael I ^c   Ratnanather, J Tilak ^c   Paulson, Erik K ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

computational phantom; CT; dose; effective dose; Monte Carlo; obesity; organ dose; protocol; radiation; risk index; size specific dose estimate; XCAT

Indexed keywords

HEAT RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NUTRITION; PHANTOMS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

COMPUTATIONAL PHANTOM; DOSE; DOSE ESTIMATES; EFFECTIVE DOSE; OBESITY; ORGAN DOSE; RISK INDICES; XCAT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868546832     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4754584     Document Type: Article

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