Abstract
Optimization aims to keep patient exposure to the minimum necessary to achieve required diagnostic or therapuetic objective in imaging using ionising radiation. The equipment, technical parameters and imaging protocols should be optimized; image quality and patient dose should be measured and compared with reference values.
Keywords: Optimization, ionising radiation, image quality, patient dose
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