Publication Name	World Journal of Radiology
Manuscript ID	7210
Country	United States

Received	2013-11-09 09:05
Peer-Review Started	2013-11-09 21:31
To Make the First Decision	2013-12-25 18:19
Return for Revision	2014-01-06 10:01
Revised	2014-03-28 04:25
Second Decision	2014-05-08 17:44
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-05-08 18:01
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Category	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Study
Article Title	Size-specific dose estimates: Localizer or transverse abdominal computed tomography images?
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Sarvenaz Pourjabbar, Sarabjeet Singh, Atul Padole, Akshay Saini, Michael A Blake and Mannudeep K Kalra
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Sarvenaz Pourjabbar, MD, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Founders Room 202, Boston, MA 02114, United States. spourjabbar@partners.org
Key Words	Size specific dose estimate; Computed tomography dose index; Radiation dose reduction; Radiation dose optimization
Core Tip	American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) report 204 has proposed a new method, “Size specific dose estimate” (SSDE) to represent more accurate estimations of patient doses. In this study we evaluated the feasibility of SSDE in clinical setting and figured out the shortcomings of the technique. We measured diameters in 50 patients at every 5 cm interval in addition to the maximum, minimum and mid-location on both localizer radiograph and transverse computed tomography (CT) images. SSDE values were calculated based on AAPM report look-up tables. Obtained SSDE values at each level were compared to each other as well as to CT dose index volume.
Publish Date	2014-05-28 16:53
Citation	Pourjabbar S, Singh S, Padole A, Saini A, Blake MA, Kalra MK. Size-specific dose estimates: Localizer or transverse abdominal computed tomography images? World J Radiol 2014; 6(5): 210-217
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/full/v6/i5/210.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v6.i5.210

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