Reduction of patient radiation dose with a new organ based dose modulation technique for thoraco-abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) (Liver dose right index)

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8606157	Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging	2018	10 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Liver DRI organ based dose modulation technique allows significant dose reduction compared to standard automatic exposure control while preserving diagnostic image quality in all thoraco-abdominopelvic areas.

Keywords

DRI ROI size-specific dose estimates ACS WED SNR CNR AEC SSDE CTDI Tact computed tomography computed tomography dose index Radiation exposure Comparative study region of interest Signal-to-noise ratio Contrast-to-noise ratio Automatic exposure control