X-ray dose quantification for various scanning protocols with the GE eXplore 120 micro-CT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3775-3777

  Bretin, Florian ^a   Bahri, Mohamed A ^a   Warnock, Geoffrey I ^a   Luxen, Andre ^a   Seret, Alain ^a   Plenevaux, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; DOSE VERIFICATION; GE HEALTHCARES; INHOMOGENEITIES; STANDARD PROTOCOLS;

MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; TISSUE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84881566096     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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