Small Bowel: Radiation Dose Reducation Imaging Pearls - Educational Tools | CT Scanning | CT Imaging

Small Bowel: Radiation Dose Reducation Imaging Pearls - Educational Tools | CT Scanning | CT Imaging | CT Scan Protocols - CTisus

Imaging Pearls ❯ Small Bowel ❯ Radiation Dose Reducation

“ In patients weighing less than 160 lb. CT enterography examinations at 80 kVp with 30% ASIR produce diagnostically acceptable image quality with an average CTDIvol of 6.15 mGy and an average effective dose of 4.60 mSv.”
CT Enterography at 80 kVp With Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction Versus at 120 kVp With Standard Reconstruction: Image Quality, Diagnostic Adequacy and Dose Reduction
Kaza RK et al.
AJR 2012; 198:1084-1092