CT dose reduction applications: Available tools on the latest generation of CT scanners

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-41

  Raman, Siva P ^a   Johnson, Pamela T ^a   Deshmukh, Swati ^a   Mahesh, Mahadevappa ^a   Grant, Katharine L ^b   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

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

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

automated tube current modulation; automated tube potential selection; CT; iterative reconstruction

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

EID: 84928096212     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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