Imaging the parasinus region with a third-generation dual-source CT and the effect of tin filtration on image quality and radiation dose

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1225-1230

  Lell, M M ^a   May, M S ^a   Brand, M ^a   Eller, A ^a   Buder, T ^a   Hofmann, E ^a   Uder, M ^a   Wuest, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIN;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARANASAL SINUS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PARANASAL SINUSES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TIN;

EID: 84937418472     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4270     Document Type: Article

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