Radiation dosimetry of a clinical prototype dedicated cone-beam breast CT system with offset detector
Tseng HW, Karellas A, Vedantham S. Radiation dosimetry of a clinical prototype dedicated cone-beam breast CT system with offset detector. Med Phys. 2021 Mar;48(3):1079-1088. doi: 10.1002/mp.14688. Epub 2021 Jan 26. PMID: 33501686; PMCID: PMC9007273.
Abstract
Purpose: A clinical-prototype, dedicated, cone-beam breast computed tomography (CBBCT) system with offset detector is undergoing clinical evaluation at our institution. This study is to estimate the normalized glandular dose coefficients ( DgNCTDgNCT ) that provide air kerma-to-mean glandular dose conversion factors using Monte Carlo simulations.