Using Fuzzy Inference System to Develop an Optimal Tube Voltage and Tube Current Chart for Radiation Reduction in Pediatric CT Examinations

DOI

10.2991/cse.2013.45How to use a DOI?

Keywords

fuzzy inference system; reduction of radiation dose; pediatric CT examinations; optimal tube voltage; optimal tube current

Abstract

Many different techniques and researches on reducing the radiation dose for computed tomography (CT) examinations have been reported and developed in recent 30 years. However, most those technologies are not practical enough to enable them to be directly and easily implemented in clinic real applications because there is no directly relationship between those techniques and the actual CT scanning parameters to be applied on most clinic pediatric CT examinations. In this study, a practical and flexible technique chart is developed to enable radiologists to select the optimal tube voltage and tube current for the given body-size of the pediatric patients with the desired CT dose index (CTDIvol). This chart can be easily implemented in most clinics for routine pediatric CT examinations.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ying Bai
AU  - Gupta Sunil
AU  - Xue Bai
AU  - Dali Wang
PY  - 2013/07
DA  - 2013/07
TI  - Using Fuzzy Inference System to Develop an Optimal Tube Voltage and Tube Current Chart for Radiation Reduction in Pediatric CT Examinations
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE 2013)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 198
EP  - 201
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/cse.2013.45
DO  - 10.2991/cse.2013.45
ID  - Bai2013/07
ER  -