British Journal of Radiology (2004) 77, 839-846
© 2004 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/71539623
Image quality and dose evaluation in spiral chest CT examinations of patients with lung carcinoma
L M Morán, MD
1
R Rodríguez, MD
2
A Calzado, PhD
3
A Turrero, PhD
2
A Arenas, MD
2,6
A Cuevas, MD
7
B García-Castaño, MD
8
N Gómez, MD, PhD
8 and
P Morán, PhD
2
1 Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital de El Escorial, 2 Departamento de Radiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 3 Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, 4 Departamento de Estadística e I. O., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 5 Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Doce de Octubre, 6 Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital del Aire, 7 Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital de Móstoles and 8 Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario La Paz
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Figure 1. Image quality score for each site. Boxes represent the interquartile range; the vertical bars extend to the highest and lowest values.
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Figure 2. Dose–length product (DLP) for each site. Boxes represent the interquartile range; the vertical bars extend to the highest and lowest values, excluding "outliers" (*) and "extreme values" (o).
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