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Balancing Radiation Dose and Image Quality: Clinical Applications of Neck Volume CT

Marybeth Russell, James R. Fink, F. Rebeles, Kalpana M. Kanal, M. Ramos, Yoshimi Anzai

American Journal of Neuroradiology · 2008 · 48 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Compared with the fixed-tube current technique, ATCM resulted in significant reduction of radiation dose without substantially reducing the image quality of the CT of the neck. Judicious monitoring of radiation dose to patients has to be balanced with diagnostic image quality.

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