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KMID : 1151820150090050279
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
2015 Volume.9 No. 5 p.279 ~ p.285
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The Evaluation of Eye Dose and Image Quality According to The New Tube Current Modulation and Shielding Techniques in Brain CT
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Kwon Soon-Mu
Kim Jung-Su
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Abstract
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The eye of human is a radiation sensitive organ and this organ should be shielded from radiation exposure during brain CT procedures. In the brain CT procedures, bismuth protector using to reduce the radiation exposure dose for eye. But protecting the bismuth always accompanies problem of the image quality reduction including artifact. This study aim is the eye radiation exposure dose and image quality evaluation of the new tube current modulation such as new organ based-tube current modulation, longitudinal-TCM, angular-TCM between shielding scan technique using bismuth and lead glasses. As a result, radiation dose of eye is reduced 25.88% in new OB TCM technique then reference scan technique and SNR new OB TCM is 6.05 higher than bismuth shielding scan technique and lower than reference scan technique. In clinical brain CT, new OB TCM technique will contribute to reduction of radiation dose for eye without decrease of image quality.
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KEYWORD
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tube current modulation, radiation dose, shield material, eye lens, computed tomography
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