title: Sixteen-detector row CT of abdomen and pelvis: study for optimization of Z-axis modulation technique performed in 153 patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, White 270-E, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mannudeep_k_kalra@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mannudeep K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Maher
authors.forename: Ravi S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kamath
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: Elkan F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Halpern
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saini
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016477:Artifacts; D001835:Body Weight; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data