Assessment of patient dose from CT localizer radiographs

B Schmidt, N Saltybaeva, D Kolditz… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: With recently introduced technical innovations for CT systems, the dose of CT scan
acquisitions has been substantially reduced; even effective dose values below 1 mSv have …

A comparison of radiation exposure between diagnostic CTA and DSA examinations of cerebral and cervicocerebral vessels

AL Manninen, JM Isokangas… - American journal …, 2012 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: While the number of CTA examinations is continually
increasing compared with DSA examinations, there is little comparative dose information …

Tissue equivalence of 3D printing materials with respect to attenuation and absorption of X‐rays used for diagnostic and interventional imaging

P Kunert, S Trinkl, A Giussani, D Reichert… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Three‐dimensional printing is a promising technology to produce phantoms for
quality assurance and dosimetry in X‐ray imaging. Crucial to this, however, is the use of …

Radiation dose at coronary CT angiography: second-generation dual-source CT versus single-source 64-MDCT and first-generation dual-source CT

C Fink, R Krissak, T Henzler, U Lechel… - American journal of …, 2011 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to assess the radiation doses of different
coronary CTA (CTA) protocols: second-generation dual-source 128-MDCT, first-generation …

Automatic exposure control in multichannel CT with tube current modulation to achieve a constant level of image noise: experimental assessment on pediatric …

HJ Brisse, L Madec, G Gaboriaud, T Lemoine… - Medical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Automatic exposure control (AEC) systems have been developed by computed tomography
(CT) manufacturers to improve the consistency of image quality among patients and to …

Thermoluminescent dosimeters for low dose X-ray measurements

SDS Fernández, R Garcia-Salcedo… - Applied Radiation and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The response of TLD-100, CaSO 4: Dy and LiF: Mg, Cu, P for a range of X-ray low dose was
measured. For calibration, the TLDs were arranged at the center of the X-ray field. The dose …

Assessment of organ absorbed doses and estimation of effective doses from pediatric anthropomorphic phantom measurements for multi-detector row CT with and …

HJ Brisse, M Robilliard, A Savignoni, N Pierrat… - Health …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
This study was designed to measure organ absorbed doses from multi-detector row
computed tomography (MDCT) on pediatric anthropomorphic phantoms, calculate the …

Dosimetry concepts for scanner quality assurance and tissue dose assessment in micro‐CT

M Hupfer, D Kolditz, T Nowak, F Eisa… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: At present, no established methods exist for dosimetry in micro computed
tomography (micro‐CT). The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate practical …

The applicability of radiophotoluminescence dosemeter (RPLD) for measuring medical radiation (MR) doses

AL Manninen, A Koivula… - Radiation protection …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The applicability of radiophotoluminescence dosimetry was determined by assessing
various radiophotoluminescence dosemeter (RPLD) properties for measuring medical …

Verification of organ doses calculated by a dose monitoring software tool based on Monte Carlo simulation in thoracic CT protocols

N Guberina, S Suntharalingam… - Acta …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The importance of monitoring of the radiation dose received by the human body
during computed tomography (CT) examinations is not negligible. Several dose-monitoring …