Comments on: Radiation Dose Reduction by Using 100-kV Tube Voltage in Cardiac 64-slice Computed Tomography: A Comparative Study http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/276 In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared minds. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Paul Schoenhagen, MD http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/276/comment-page-1#comment-295 Paul Schoenhagen, MD Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:20:01 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/276#comment-295 100 kV protocols are available for clinical use on most scanner systems. This is a direct comparison to 120 kv scanning and retrospective gated protocols. See also: Impact of a reduced tube voltage on CT angiography and radiation dose: results of the PROTECTION I study. Bischoff B, Hein F, Meyer T, Hadamitzky M, Martinoff S, Schömig A, Hausleiter J. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging.. 2009; 2(8):940-6 PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19679281" rel="nofollow">19679281</a> 100 kV protocols are available for clinical use on most scanner systems. This is a direct comparison to 120 kv scanning and retrospective gated protocols.
See also:
Impact of a reduced tube voltage on CT angiography and radiation dose: results of the PROTECTION I study.
Bischoff B, Hein F, Meyer T, Hadamitzky M, Martinoff S, Schömig A, Hausleiter J.
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging.. 2009; 2(8):940-6
PMID: 19679281

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