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Dose spread functions in computed tomography: A Monte Carlo study
Author(s) -
Boone John M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.3223634
Subject(s) - monte carlo method , dosimetry , materials science , collimated light , nuclear medicine , computed tomography , medical imaging , optics , biomedical engineering , physics , medicine , radiology , mathematics , laser , statistics
Current CT dosimetry employing CTDI methodology has come under fire in recent years, partially in response to the increasing width of collimated x-ray fields in modern CT scanners. This study was conducted to provide a better understanding of the radiation dose distributions in CT.
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