Aorto-iliac multidetector-row CT angiography with low kV settings: improved vessel enhancement and simultaneous reduction of radiation dose

B Wintersperger, T Jakobs, P Herzog, S Schaller… - European …, 2005 - Springer
The aim of the study was to implement an abdominal CT angiography protocol using 100
kVp and to compare SNR and CNR, as well as subjective image quality, to a standard CT …

Radiation dose management: weighing risk versus benefit

JR Haaga - American Journal of Roentgenology, 2001 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
… Most recently, the topic of radiation dose reduction has been … these strategies can reduce
radiation dose by 30-50% [18]. … To refine and facilitate the management of radiation dose, much …

Radiation Dose Reduction Strategy for CT Protocols: Successful Implementation in Neuroradiology Section1

AB Smith, WP Dillon, BC Lau, R Gould, FR Verdun… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
… study demonstrate that use of dose modulation as a radiation dose reduction tool for the
CT … in a substantial reduction in radiation dose while image quality was maintained. Dose

Reduction in radiation exposure in cardiovascular computed tomography imaging: results from the PROspective multicenter registry on radiaTion dose Estimates of …

TJ Stocker, S Deseive, J Leipsic… - European heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… been developed for dose reduction, but their efficacy in clinical practice is largely unknown.
This study was designed to evaluate radiation dose exposure and utilization of dose-saving …

Strategies for CT radiation dose optimization

MK Kalra, MM Maher, TL Toth, LM Hamberg, MA Blake… - Radiology, 2004 - pubs.rsna.org
… exposure, thus emphasizing the need for appropriate strategies to optimize and thereby,
if possible, reduce radiation dose due to CT. In the present review, we will present data that …

Radiation dose reduction in the invasive cardiovascular laboratory: implementing a culture and philosophy of radiation safety

KA Fetterly, V Mathew, R Lennon, MR Bell… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2012 - jacc.org
radiation dose-reduction methods presented in this work represent only a subset of the radiation
… The principles that contribute to good radiation safety practices are well known, and the …

Medical radiation exposure in children and dose reduction

AY Jung - Journal of the Korean Medical Association, 2011 - synapse.koreamed.org
… The risk of cancer in children from radiation exposure is higher than adults because … ,
which can result in excessive radiation. The most efficient way to reduce radiation is to avoid the …

Quality initiatives: CT radiation dose reduction: how to implement change without sacrificing diagnostic quality

EP Tamm, XJ Rong, DD Cody, RD Ernst… - radiographics, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
… the estimation of effective radiation dose levels, formulation of dose reduction goals, …
radiation dose reduction goals is to become familiar with the radiation dose values and radiation

Practical ways to reduce radiation dose for patients and staff during device implantations and electrophysiological procedures

H Heidbuchel, FHM Wittkampf, E Vano, S Ernst… - Europace, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Dose limits for staff are discussed in the section “Radiation in context: natural, medical, and
professional sources of radiation”, and … Our aim is to show that radiation dose reduction while …

Clinical application of radiation dose reduction at abdominal CT

T Higaki, Y Nakamura, W Fukumoto, Y Honda… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
… Iterative reconstruction can reduce the image noise on scans acquired at reduced radiation
doses. Use of these techniques helped to reduce radiation exposure at routine examinations …