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Bismuth shield affecting CT image quality and radiation dose in adjacent and distant zones relative to shielding surface: A phantom study

BACKGROUND: To quantify image quality and radiation doses in regions adjacent to and distant from bismuth shields in computed tomography (CT). METHODS: An American College of Radiology accreditation phantom with four solid rods embedded in a water-like background was scanned to verify CT number (CTN...

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Autores principales: Liao, Ying-Lan, Lai, Nan-Ku, Tyan, Yeu-Sheng, Tsai, Hui-Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chang Gung University 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6888723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2019.04.004