CT scan parameters and radiation dose: Practical advice for radiologists

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 840-846

  Raman, Siva P ^a   Mahesh, Mahadevappa ^a   Blasko, Robert V ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

automated tube current modulation; iterative reconstruction; low kVp; pitch; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DETECTOR CONFIGURATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PITCH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; RECONSTRUCTED SLICE THICKNESS; SCAN RANGE; TUBE; TUBE CURRENT; TUBE POTENTIAL;

AUTOMATED TUBE CURRENT MODULATION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW KVP; PITCH; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84887209131     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.05.032     Document Type: Article

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