SCCT guidelines on radiation dose and dose-optimization strategies in cardiovascular CT

SS Halliburton, S Abbara, MY Chen, R Gentry… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Over the last few years, computed tomography (CT) has developed into a standard clinical
test for a variety of cardiovascular conditions. The emergence of cardiovascular CT during a …

A review of patient dose and optimisation methods in adult and paediatric CT scanning

E Dougeni, K Faulkner, G Panayiotakis - European journal of radiology, 2012 - Elsevier
An increasing number of publications and international reports on computed tomography
(CT) have addressed important issues on optimised imaging practice and patient dose. This …

[图书][B] The essential physics of medical imaging

JT Bushberg, JM Boone - 2011 - books.google.com
This renowned work is derived from the authors' acclaimed national review course (" Physics
of Medical Imaging") at the University of California-Davis for radiology residents. The text is a …

CT Dose Index and Patient Dose: They Are Not the Same Thing

CH McCollough, S Leng, L Yu, DD Cody, JM Boone… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
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[HTML][HTML] Radiation dose reduction in computed tomography: techniques and future perspective

L Yu, X Liu, S Leng, JM Kofler… - Imaging in …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite universal consensus that computed tomography (CT) overwhelmingly benefits
patients when used for appropriate indications, concerns have been raised regarding the …

Estimated radiation dose associated with low-dose chest CT of average-size participants in the National Lung Screening Trial

FJ Larke, RL Kruger, CH Cagnon… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to determine the distribution of effective dose
associated with a single low-dose CT chest examination of average-size participants in the …

Population of anatomically variable 4D XCAT adult phantoms for imaging research and optimization

WP Segars, J Bond, J Frush, S Hon… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The authors previously developed the 4D extended cardiac‐torso (XCAT) phantom
for multimodality imaging research. The XCAT consisted of highly detailed whole‐body …

[图书][B] The phantoms of medical and health physics

LA DeWerd, M Kissick - 2014 - Springer
Phantoms, devices that represent the human body, have been used in medical physics and
health physics since the beginning. Soon after the discovery of X-rays, news of the medical …

Estimates of effective dose for CT scans of the lower extremities

N Saltybaeva, ME Jafari, M Hupfer, WA Kalender - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine the dose-length product (DLP)–effective dose (ED)(DLP/ED)
conversion coefficient (k) tables for the lower extremities that can be used for calculating ED …

How effective is effective dose as a predictor of radiation risk?

CH McCollough, JA Christner… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. This article discusses the relatively recent adoption of effective dose in
medicine that allows comparison between different imaging techniques, and describes the …