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- Title
Organ doses, effective doses, and risk indices in adult CT: comparison of four types of reference phantoms across different examination protocols.
- Authors
Zhang, Yakun; Li, Xiang; Segars, W Paul; Samei, Ehsan
- Abstract
Radiation exposure from computed tomography (CT) to the public has increased the concern among radiation protection professionals. Being able to accurately assess the radiation dose patients receive during CT procedures is a crucial step in the management of CT dose. Currently, various computational anthropomorphic phantoms are used to assess radiation dose by different research groups. It is desirable to better understand how the dose results are affected by different choices of phantoms. In this study, the authors assessed the uncertainties in CT dose and risk estimation associated with different types of computational phantoms for a selected group of representative CT protocols.
- Publication
Medical physics, 2012, Vol 39, Issue 6, p3404
- ISSN
0094-2405
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1118/1.4718710