To shield or not to shield: Application of bismuth

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 503-507

  Shields, Breast ^a   Colletti, Patrick M ^a   Micheli, Orlando A ^a   Lee, Kai H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bismuth breast shield; Breast CT; Breast phantom; Breast radiation; Radiation reduction

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; LATEX;

ARTIFACT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREATH HOLDING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOMETRY;

BISMUTH; BREAST; BREATH HOLDING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876052120     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9997     Document Type: Review

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