Automated estimation of abdominal effective diameter for body size normalization of CT dose

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 406-411

  Cheng, Phillip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body imaging; Computed tomography; Image analysis; Quality control; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ESTIMATION; BODY IMAGING; CLOSE APPROXIMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE-LENGTH PRODUCTS; EFFECTIVE DIAMETER; GENERAL ELECTRICS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR;

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877744437     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-012-9525-z     Document Type: Article

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