Use of 100 kV versus 120 kV in computed tomography pulmonary angiography in the detection of pulmonary embolism: effect on radiation dose and image quality

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effective radiation dose and image quality resulting from 100 versus 120 kilovoltage (kV) protocols among patients referred for computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA). METHODS: Sixty-six patients with clinical suspicion of pulmonary embolism (PE) were prospectiv...

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Pubblicato in:Quant Imaging Med Surg
Autori principali: Gill, Maninderpal Kaur, Vijayananthan, Anushya, Kumar, Gnana, Jayarani, Kasthoori, Ng, Kwan-Hoong, Sun, Zhonghua
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: AME Publishing Company 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559980/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26435916
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2015.04.04
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