Use of Water Equivalent Diameter for Calculating Patient Size and Size-Specific Dose Estimates (SSDE) in CT

Volume computed tomography dose index (CTDIvol) and dose length product (DLP) values are frequently used to represent radiation doses from a CT scan. The limitation of CTDIvol and DLP is that they are surrogates for patient dose, providing information about the scanner output for only a very specifi... View More