Evaluation of a radiation dose reduction strategy for pediatric chest CT

The purpose of our study was to quantify the effect of changes made to the CT chest protocol on patient dose, image quality, and image noise when using a kilovoltage (kVp)-lowering strategy. We retrospectively selected 120 children who underwent chest CT: 60 in 2006 and 60 in 2008. In each group the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of roentgenology (1976) 2010-05, Vol.194 (5), p.1188-1193
Hauptverfasser:	Kim, Jee-Eun, Newman, Beverley
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Body Burden California - epidemiology Child Humans Radiation Dosage Radiation Protection - statistics & numerical data Radiography, Thoracic - utilization Radiometry - statistics & numerical data Tomography, X-Ray Computed - utilization
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