Image Quality and Radiation Exposure in Abdominal Angiography: A Head-to-Head Comparison of Conventional Detector-Dose-Driven Versus Contrast-to-Noise Ratio-Driven Exposure Control at Various Source-to-Image Receptor Distances and Collimations in a Pilot Phantom and Animal Study.
Thomas WernckeLena S BeckerSabine K MaschkeJan B HinrichsTimo C H MeineCornelia L A DewaldInga BrüschRegina RumpelFrank K WackerBernhard C MeyerPublished in: Investigative radiology (2024)
CEC maintains the image quality with varying SID and collimation stricter than DEC, does not increase the air kerma rate at longer SID and reduces it with tighter collimation. After reaching the air kerma rate limit, CEC and DEC perform similarly.