Effect of technologist and patient attributes on centering for body CT examinations: Influence of cultural and ethnic factors

A Aly, S Ebrahimian, MH Kharita, M Heidous… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
There are no published data on the effect of patient and technologist gender and ethnicity
attributes on off-centering in CT. Therefore, we assessed the impact of patient and …

Dose assessment in petrous bone CT: Effect of tube current modulation and scan length

Z Saga, A Rahmouni, M Talbi, C Anam… - Radiation Physics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to compare the dosimetric performance of two CT acquisition
protocols for the petrous bone: a standard fixed mAs protocol and a protocol using tube …

[HTML][HTML] Use of a 3D camera for automated patient positioning for chest-abdomen-pelvis CT scans: Effect on positioning accuracy and patient dose

R Nelson, S Harkin, G Iball - Radiography, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction 3D positioning cameras that automate the positioning of patients with respect to
the CT isocentre have been developed and are in common use in CT departments. This …

Effect of arm position on image quality and radiation dose during thorax and abdomen computed tomography scans

EØ Buchhave, CD Rasmussen, R Lentz… - Radiography, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction During Computed Tomography (CT) scans of the Thorax-Abdomen-
Pelvis (TAP) the patient's arms should be positioned above the head to obtain optimal image …

Practical challenges with imaging COVID-19 in Brazil: Mitigation in and beyond the pandemic

MO Bernardo, F Homayounieh… - Radiation Protection …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Computed tomography (CT) provides useful information in patients with known or suspected
COVID-19 infection. However, there are substantial variations and challenges in scanner …

An exploration of education, experience and social factors on CT dose optimisation

VT Major - 2022 - uhra.herts.ac.uk
Background: The number of Computed Tomography (CT) scans in England is likely to
increase by 100% in next five years. In a medical emergency or in the presence of …

[PDF][PDF] Armposisjonering og dens påvirkning på stråledose og bildekvalitet ved CT thorax

I Lutro - 2022 - hvlopen.brage.unit.no
Introduction: In a CT clinical practice placement setting, patients being scanned with their
arms down along the torso has been observed. research indicated that this leads to …