Image quality and dose analysis for a PA chest X-ray: Comparison between AEC mode acquisition and manual mode using the 10kVp 'rule'

Radiography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-345

  Reis, Cláudia ^a   Gonçalves, João ^a   Klompmaker, Corrie ^b   Bárbara, Ana Rita ^a   Bloor, Chloe ^c   Hegarty, Ryan ^c   Lagrange, Tania ^d   Temming, Noëlle ^b   Sønnesyn, Mathilde ^e   Røkeness, Henriette ^e   Yamasathien, Amandine ^d   Hogg, Peter ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud   (Switzerland)

^e OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

10kVp rule; AEC; Effective dose; Image quality; PA chest X ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHANTOM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84908507302     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: 15322831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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