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DOSE EFFICIENCY [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
CONT

Dose efficiency, defined as the fraction of primary x-rays exiting the patient that contribute to the image, has 2 components: geometric efficiency (fraction of transmitted x-rays interacting with active detector areas) and absorption efficiency (fraction of actually-captured x-rays interacting with active detector areas).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
CONT

Le rapport entre collimation théorique et collimation réelle est appelé efficience de dose et est exprimée en [pourcentage]. Elle représente la part de la dose reçus qui est effectivement reçue par les détecteurs et donc qui participe vraiment à la formation de l'image.

Spanish

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