Comparison of radiation dose estimates, image noise, and scan duration in pediatric body imaging for volumetric and helical modes on 320-detector CT and helical mode on 64-detector CT

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1117-1127

  Johnston, Jennifer H ^b   Podberesky, Daniel J ^a   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^d   Angel, Erin ^e   Toncheva, Greta ^d,f   Larson, David B ^a   Egelhoff, John C ^a,c   Anderson Evans, Colin ^d,g   Nguyen, Giao B ^d   Barelli, Alessandra ^e   Alsip, Christopher ^a   Salisbury, Shelia R ^a   Frush, Donald P ^d  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Quality Assurance Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Multidetector computed tomography; Radiation dosage; Scan time; Volume computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PELVIS; PHANTOM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX; VOLUMETRY;

ARTIFACTS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84882815990     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2690-5     Document Type: Article

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