Pediatric CT dose reduction for suspected appendicitis: a practice quality improvement project using artificial Gaussian noise--part 1, computer simulations

AJR. American journal of roentgenology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2015, Pages W86-W94

  Callahan, Michael J ^a   Kleinman, Patricia L ^a   Strauss, Keith J ^a   Bandos, Andriy ^a   Taylor, George A ^a   Tsai, Andy ^a   Kleinman, Paul K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

appendicitis; CT; pediatrics; radiation dose reduction; size specific dose estimate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSORPTION, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924930706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.12964     Document Type: Article

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