Relationships of Radiation Dose Indices with Body Size Indices in Adult Body Computed Tomography

Relationship between normal heart size and body indices in Korean.

We provided a curve-fit equation to predict the normal heart weight (g) in Koreans by examining 422 autopsies (215 males and 207 females, from newborn to age 77 yr) who were relatively in good general condition. Heart weight was well correlated with body surface area (m2), body weight (kg), and body height (cm) but poorly with age in both sex. Heart weight progressively increased from birth to ...

Computed Tomography Radiation Dose Correlated with Body Mass Index in a Community Lung Cancer Screening Program

Appropriate Asian body mass indices?

139 Editorial Appropriate Asian body mass indices? contributed greatly to the original Hong Kong meeting, was tragically killed; we trust that this supplement will go some way to meeting his demands for a rigorous scientific approach to medical innovations. We are grateful to the Roche Company for an educational grant to some of the authors and support for meetings to discuss this project. obes...

Prevalence of Protective Shielding Utilization for Radiation Dose Reduction in Adult Patients Undergoing Body Scanning Using Computed Tomography.

PURPOSE Ionizing radiation is implicated in nearly 2% of malignancies in the United States; radiation shields prevent unnecessary radiation exposure during medical imaging. Contemporary radiation shield utilization for adult patients in the United States is poorly defined. Therefore, we evaluated the prevalence of protective shielding utilization in adult patients undergoing CT scans in United ...

Optimization of Radiation Dose in Cranial Computed Tomography among Adults: Assessment of Radiation Dose against Image Quality

Introduction: The rapid use of computed tomography (CT) scan is of great concern, due to increase in patients’ dose. Optimization of CT protocol is a vital issue in dose reduction. This study aimed to optimize radiation dose in cranial CT and assess modifications in image quality under radiation dose reduction. Material and Methods: A poly(me...