Individualization of abdominopelvic CT protocols with lower tube voltage to reduce IV contrast dose or radiation dose

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-153

  Hough, David M ^a   Yu, Lifeng ^a   Shiung, Maria M ^a   Carter, Rickey E ^a   Geske, Jennifer R ^a   Leng, Shuai ^a   Fidler, Jeff L ^a   Huprich, James E ^a   Jondal, D Y ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a   Fletcher, Joel G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast media; CT; Low voltage; Lymphoma; Radiation dose; Tube potential

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84883367780     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9295     Document Type: Article

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