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Prospective estimation of organ dose in CT under tube current modulation

Xiaoyu Tian, Xiang Li, W. Paul Segars, Donald P. Frush, Ehsan Samei

Medical Physics · 2015 · 28 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

This study developed a quantitative model to predict organ dose for clinical chest and abdominopelvic scans. Such information may aid in the design of optimized CT protocols in relation to a targeted level of image quality.

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