Radiation dose reduction to the breast in thoracic CT: Comparison of bismuth shielding, organ-based tube current modulation, and use of a globally decreased tube current Jia Wang, Xinhui Duan, Jodie A. Christner, Shuai Leng, Lifeng Yu, and Cynthia H. McCollough Citation: Medical Physics 38, 6084 (2011); doi: 10.1118/1.3651489 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3651489 View Table of Contents: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapm/journal/medphys/38/11?ver=pdfcov Published by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Articles you may be interested in Characterization and implementation of OSL dosimeters for use in evaluating the efficacy of organ-based tube current modulation for CT scans of the face and orbits Med. Phys. 42, 1730 (2015); 10.1118/1.4915076 Reducing radiation dose to the female breast during CT coronary angiography: A simulation study comparing breast shielding, angular tube current modulation, reduced kV, and partial angle protocols using an unknown- location signal-detectability metric Med. Phys. 40, 081921 (2013); 10.1118/1.4816302 A comparison of methods to estimate organ doses in CT when utilizing approximations to the tube current modulation function Med. Phys. 39, 5212 (2012); 10.1118/1.4736807 Evaluation of the absorbed dose to the breast using radiochromic film in a dedicated CT mammotomography system employing a quasi-monochromatic x-ray beam Med. Phys. 38, 3232 (2011); 10.1118/1.3574875 Reducing radiation dose to selected organs by selecting the tube start angle in MDCT helical scans: A Monte Carlo based study Med. Phys. 36, 5654 (2009); 10.1118/1.3259773