Effect of tube voltage on ct noise levels in different phantom sizes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1001-1005

  Karmazyn, Boaz ^a   Liang, Yun ^a   Klahr, Paul ^b   Jennings, S Gregory ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Noise; Pediatric; Radiation dose; Tube voltage

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING PHANTOM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; SIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879297971     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9828     Document Type: Article

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