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Radiation Dose from Multidetector CT

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Editors:
  1. Denis Tack

    1. , Department of Radiology, Reseau Hospitaller de Medecine Sociale, Baudour, Belgium

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  2. Mannudeep K. Kalra

    1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  3. Pierre Alain Gevenois

    1. Hôspital Erasme, Department of Radiology, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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  • Provides in-depth information and guidance on CT technique and radiation dose reduction
  • Second edition with new chapters on up-to-date strategies and technologies
  • Includes clinical examples, protocols, and access to an online image gallery
  • Written by leading physicists and radiologists
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)

Part of the book sub series: Diagnostic Imaging (Med Radiol Diagn Imaging)

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Multi-Detector Row CT–Recent Developments, Radiation Dose and Dose Reduction Technologies

    • Thomas Flohr
    Pages 3-19

  3. Clinical Expansion of CT and Radiation Dose

    • Stuart Meeson, Rajesh Patel, Stephen Golding
    Pages 21-32

  4. Risks from Ionising Radiation

    • Kenneth H. Chadwick, Hendrik P. Leenhouts
    Pages 35-59

  5. The Cancer Risk from Low Level Radiation

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 61-79

  6. Image Quality in CT: Challenges and Perspectives

    • Thomas L Toth
    Pages 81-100

  7. Radiation Dose Metrics and the Effect of CT Scan Protocol Parameters

    • Sue Edyvean, Maria Lewis, Alan Britten
    Pages 101-118

  8. Scan Parameters and CT Radiation Dose

    • Sarabjeet Singh, Mannudeep K. Kalra
    Pages 119-129

  9. Optimization of Tube Potential for Radiation Dose Reduction in CT

    • Lifeng Yu, Joel G. Fletcher, Cynthia H. McCollough
    Pages 131-142

  10. Conventional and Newer Reconstruction Techniques in CT

    • Homer Pien, Synho Do, Sarabjeet Singh, Mannudeep K. Kalra
    Pages 143-156

  11. Image Noise Reduction Filters

    • Sarabjeet Singh, Mannudeep K. Kalra
    Pages 157-173

  12. Hardware Developments for Radiation Dose Reduction

    • Rich Mather
    Pages 175-182

  13. Application of Shielding in CT Radiation Dose Reduction

    • Shima Aran, Sarabjeet Singh, Mannudeep K. Kalra
    Pages 183-194

  14. Radiation Dose: Records and Audits

    • Tessa S. Cook, William W. Boonn, Woojin Kim
    Pages 195-208

  15. Collective Radiation Dose from MDCT: Critical Review of Surveys Studies

    • Georg Stamm
    Pages 209-229

  16. ALARA Concept for MDCT Optimization: What is Reasonable, What is Achievable?

    • Denis Tack
    Pages 231-257

  17. Automatic Exposure Control in Multidetector-row CT

    • Mannudeep K. Kalra
    Pages 259-272

  18. Patient Centering in MDCT: Dose Effects

    • Mannudeep K. Kalra, Thomas L. Toth
    Pages 273-278

  19. Dose Optimization and Reduction in CT of the Brain and Head and Neck Region

    • Tom Mulkens, Rodrigo Salgado, Patrick Bellinck
    Pages 281-306

  20. Dose Reduction and Optimization in Computed Tomography of the Chest

    • Pierre Alain Gevenois, Denis Tack
    Pages 307-315
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About this book

Computed tomography (CT) is a powerful technique providing precise and confident diagnoses. The burgeoning use of CT has resulted in an exponential increase in collective radiation dose to the population. Despite investigations supporting the use of lower radiation doses, surveys highlight the lack of proper understanding of CT parameters that affect radiation dose. Dynamic advances in CT technology also make it important to explain the latest dose-saving strategies in an easy-to-comprehend manner. This book aims to review all aspects of the radiation dose from CT and to provide simple rules and tricks for radiologists and radiographers that will assist in the appropriate use of CT technique. The second edition includes a number of new chapters on the most up-to-date strategies and technologies for radiation dose reduction while updating the outstanding contents of the first edition. Vendor perspectives are included, and an online image gallery will also be available to readers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Radiology, Reseau Hospitaller de Medecine Sociale, Baudour, Belgium

    Denis Tack

  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Mannudeep K. Kalra

  • Hôspital Erasme, Department of Radiology, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Pierre Alain Gevenois

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Radiation Dose from Multidetector CT

  • Editors: Denis Tack, Mannudeep K. Kalra, Pierre Alain Gevenois

  • Series Title: Medical Radiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24535-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-24534-3Published: 21 June 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50039-2Published: 30 April 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-24535-0Published: 05 June 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0942-5373

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 650

  • Number of Illustrations: 300 b/w illustrations, 80 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Pediatrics, Neuroradiology, Internal Medicine

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