Evaluation of strategies to reduce radiation dose in perfusion ct imaging using a reproducible biologic phantom

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Ramirez Giraldo, Juan C ^a   Thompson, Scott M ^b   Krishnamurthi, Ganapathy ^a   Knudsen, Bruce E ^a   Woodrum, David A ^a   Callstrom, Matthew R ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologic phantom; Perfusion CT; Protocol optimization; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECONVOLUTION; INFUSION PUMP; LIVER; LIVER PERFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM SLOPE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PORCINE MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SWINE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIVER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880939146     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9413     Document Type: Article

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