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X-ray Dose Reduction through Adaptive Exposure in Fluoroscopic Imaging
 
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X-ray Dose Reduction through Adaptive Exposure in Fluoroscopic Imaging

Article DOI: 10.3791/3236-v 08:30 min September 11th, 2011
September 11th, 2011

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We are developing a dynamic adaptive exposure technique using our scanning beam digital X-ray system. Rather than exposing an object uniformly, the exposure is adapted depending on the opacity of the object. Here we show an experiment on an anthropomorphic phantom that resulted in a dose saving of 30%.

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X-ray Dose Reduction Adaptive Exposure Fluoroscopic Imaging Radiation Dose Pediatric Applications Cardiac Intervention Scanning Beam Digital X-ray System Inverse Imaging Geometry X-ray Source Focal Spot Positions Imaging Volume Detector Images
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