Balancing Radiation Dose and Image Quality: Clinical Applications of Neck Volume CT
Open Access
- 25 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) in American Journal of Neuroradiology
- Vol. 29 (4) , 727-731
- https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.a0891
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The advancement of multidetector CT technology has resulted in improved image quality as well as an increase in ionizing radiation dose to patient. The purpose of this study was to assess radiation dose and overall image quality of CT examination of the neck between fixed-tube current and automatic tube current modulation (ATCM) at 2 separate noise index levels.Keywords
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