Effect of xray source filtration on dose and image performance of CT scanners Massimiliano Szulc and Philip F. Judy Citation: Medical Physics 6, 479 (1979); doi: 10.1118/1.594609 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.594609 View Table of Contents: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapm/journal/medphys/6/6?ver=pdfcov Published by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Articles you may be interested in MOFFA402: Effects of Added XRay Beam Cu Filtration On Image Quality and Patient Dose in Digital Radiography Med. Phys. 36, 2713 (2009); 10.1118/1.3182296 SUGGJ16: A Physiologically Gated MicroCT Scanner for Dynamic Small Animal Imaging Based On a Carbon Nanotube XRay Source Med. Phys. 35, 2682 (2008); 10.1118/1.2961573 Magnitude and effects of x-ray scatter in a 256-slice CT scanner Med. Phys. 33, 3359 (2006); 10.1118/1.2239366 A dose reduction x-ray beam positioning system for high-speed multislice CT scanners Med. Phys. 27, 2659 (2000); 10.1118/1.1323983 Effective dose in diagnostic radiology as a function of x-ray beam filtration for a constant exit dose and constant film density Med. Phys. 25, 780 (1998); 10.1118/1.598260