A phantom study to optimise the automatic tube current modulation for chest CT in COVID-19

A phantom study to optimise the automatic tube current modulation for chest CT in COVID-19

Abstract On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The expert organisations recommend more cautious use of thoracic computed tomography (CT), opting for low-dose protocols. We aimed at determining a threshold value of automatic tube c...

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Main Authors: Victor Gombolevskiy, Sergey Morozov, Valeria Chernina, Ivan Blokhin, Jenia Vassileva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
Series:European Radiology Experimental
Subjects:
Multidetector computed tomography
Phantoms (imaging)
Radiation protection
SARS-CoV-2 infection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41747-021-00218-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41747-021-00218-0

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