Effects of patient size on radiation dose reduction and image quality in low-kVp CT pulmonary angiography performed with reduced IV contrast dose

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 437-445

  Sodickson, Aaron ^a   Weiss, Michael ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT pulmonary angiography .Low kVp; CTPA; Low radiation dose; Pulmonary embolus CT; Reduced IV contrast dose .CTPE

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL DETECTION; X RAY TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871292595     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-012-1046-z     Document Type: Article

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