Image quality and dose analysis for a PA chest X-ray: comparison between AEC mode acquisition and manual mode using the 10 kVp ‘rule’

Purpose - To compare the image quality and effective dose applying the 10 kVp rule with manual mode acquisition and AEC mode in PA chest X-ray. Method - 68 images (with and without lesions) were acquired using an anthropomorphic chest phantom using a Wolverson Arcoma X-ray unit. These images were co...

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Autor principal: Reis, Cláudia (author)
Outros Autores: Gonçalves, João (author), Klompmaker, Corrie (author), Bárbara, Ana Rita (author), Bloor, Chloe (author), Hegarty, Ryan (author), Lagrange, Tania (author), Temming, Noëlle (author), Sønnesyn, Mathilde (author), Røkeness, Henriette (author), Yamasathien, Amandine (author), Hogg, Peter (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2014
Assuntos:
Radiology
Image quality
PA chest X-ray
AEC
10 kVp rule
Effective dose
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/3739
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/3739

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/3739

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