Effect of X-ray tube parameters and iodine concentration on image quality and radiation dose in cerebral pediatric and adult CT angiography: A phantom study

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 192-199

  Papadakis, Antonios E ^a   Perisinakis, Kostas ^b   Raissaki, Maria ^b   Damilakis, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Automatic exposure control; CT angiography; Imaging optimization; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 84874934549     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31827efc17     Document Type: Article

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