Effective dose and image optimisation of lateral lumbar spine radiography: a phantom study

Effective dose and image optimisation of lateral lumbar spine radiography: a phantom study

Abstract Background To investigate lateral lumbar spine radiography technical parameters for reduction of effective dose whilst maintaining image quality (IQ). Methods Thirty-six radiograms of an anthropomorphic phantom were acquired using different exposure parameters: source-to-detector distance (...

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Main Authors: Zer Hau Lai, Cláudia Sá dos Reis, Zhonghua Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-02-01
Series:European Radiology Experimental
Subjects:
Image quality
Lumbosacral region
Phantoms (imaging)
Radiation dosage
Radiography
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41747-019-0132-3

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