Radiation dose from adult and pediatric multidetector computed tomography / D. Tack, P.A. Gevenois (eds.) ; with contributions by H.T. Abada [and others] ; foreword by A.L. Baert
Front Matter; Clinical Expansion of CT and Radiation Dose; Risks from Ionising Radiation; The Cancer Risk from Low-Level Radiation; CT Parameters that Influence the Radiation Dose; Collective Radiation Dose from MDCT: Critical Review of Surveys Studies; Methods and Strategies for Radiation Dose Optimization -- and Reduction -- in MDCT with Special Focus on the Image Quality; Automatic Exposure Control in Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography; Patient Centering in MDCT: Dose Effects; Dose Optimization and Reduction in CT of the Head and Neck, Including Brain
Summary
Provides an approach to all the factors that influence the radiation dose and the risk induced by using MDCT in children and adult patients. This book also proposes guidelines for optimization of the radiation dose in order to obtain an image quality sufficient for appropriate diagnostic performance while restricting the dose delivered
