Dual-source 128-slice MDCT neck: Radiation dose and image quality estimation of three different protocols

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 787-796

  Paul, Jijo ^a   Mbalisike, Emmanuel C ^a   Nour Eldin, Nour Eldin A ^a,b   Vogl, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Clinical protocol; Contrast to noise ratio; Dual source CT; High pitch CT; Neck; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84875759243     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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