Radiation Dose Optimization and Thoracic Computed Tomography

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Singh, Sarabjeet ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a   Ali Khawaja, Ranish Deedar ^a   Padole, Atul ^a   Pourjabbar, Sarvenaz ^a   Lira, Diego ^a   Shepard, Jo Anne O ^a   Digumarthy, Subba R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest CT protocol optimization; CT radiation dose reduction; Dose reduction techniques; Low dose chest CT

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; AUTOMATIC TUBE POTENTIAL SELECTION; AUTOMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE REDUCTION; OPTICAL FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBE;

CHEST CT PROTOCOL OPTIMIZATION; CT RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; DOSE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; LOW-DOSE CHEST CT;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84888198716     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2013.08.004     Document Type: Review

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