Multimodality imaging of diseases of the thoracic aorta in adults: from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular …

SA Goldstein, A Evangelista, S Abbara, A Arai… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aortic pathologies are numerous, presenting manifestations are varied, and aortic diseases
present to many clinical services, including primary physicians, emergency department …

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 …

Radiation exposure to the surgeon during percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy: a prospective study

Y Ahn, CH Kim, JH Lee, SH Lee, JS Kim - Spine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective study. Objective. The purpose of this study was to determine the
radiation dose to which the surgeons are exposed during percutaneous endoscopic lumbar …

Automated attenuation-based tube potential selection for thoracoabdominal computed tomography angiography: improved dose effectiveness

A Winklehner, R Goetti, S Baumueller… - Investigative …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To introduce a novel algorithm of automated attenuation-based tube potential
selection and to assess its impact on image quality and radiation dose of body computed …

Low contrast agent and radiation dose protocol for hepatic dynamic CT of thin adults at 256–detector row CT: effect of low tube voltage and hybrid iterative …

T Nakaura, S Nakamura, N Maruyama, Y Funama… - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the effect on image quality of a low contrast agent dose and radiation
dose protocol at abdominal dynamic computed tomography (CT) with a low tube voltage …

CT of the abdomen with reduced tube voltage in adults: a practical approach

AR Seyal, A Arslanoglu, SF Abboud, A Sahin… - Radiographics, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Recent innovations in computed tomographic (CT) hardware and software have allowed
implementation of low tube voltage imaging into everyday CT scanning protocols in adults …

Initial experience with single-source dual-energy CT abdominal angiography and comparison with single-energy CT angiography: image quality, enhancement …

DF Pinho, NM Kulkarni, A Krishnaraj, SP Kalva… - European …, 2013 - Springer
Objectives To assess image quality of virtual monochromatic spectral (VMS) images,
compared to single-energy (SE) CT, and to evaluate the feasibility of material density …

Appropriate patient selection at abdominal dual-energy CT using 80 kV: relationship between patient size, image noise, and image quality

LS Guimarães, JG Fletcher, WS Harmsen, L Yu… - Radiology, 2010 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine the computed tomographic (CT) detector configuration, patient size,
and image noise limitations that will result in acceptable image quality of 80-kV images …

Dual-energy CT: vascular applications

I Vlahos, R Chung, A Nair… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Dual-energy CT permits a variety of image reconstructions for the depiction
and characterization of vascular disease. Techniques include visualization of low–and high …

Abdominal dynamic CT in patients with renal dysfunction: contrast agent dose reduction with low tube voltage and high tube current–time product settings at 256 …

T Nakaura, K Awai, N Maruyama, N Takata… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of a low–contrast agent dose protocol at abdominal
dynamic computed tomography (CT) with a low tube voltage high tube current–time product …