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Can we base the contrast dose for abdominal CT on the lean body weight?

The authors report on using the lean body weight for determining the contrast agent dose for abdominal CT, as opposed to using the standard total body weight. Article: Abdominal CT: a radiologist-driven adjustment of the dose of iodinated contrast agent approaches a...

Abdominal CT: a BMI-based estimate of radiation dose

This study aimed to evaluate whether BMI can be used as a size-related metrics alternative to the midslice effective diameter (DE) for obtaining a size-specific dose in abdominal CT.   Article: Using body mass index to estimate individualised patient radiation...

Image analysis for radiomics: facts and challenges

This article sheds light on methods used for extracting high-dimensional data from clinical images – radiomics. The authors explain the standard steps of the radiomics process, discuss the origin of the term, and summarise the major issues in regard to this process....