Estimation of patient dose with standard and low-dose MDCT fluoroscopy protocols for lung biopsy

Purpose: This study aimed at assessing patient dose with standard and low-dose MDCT fluoroscopy protocols for lung biopsy. Materials and Methods: The low-dose protocol used lower tube potential (80 kV) respect to the standard protocol (120 kV); all other scanning parameters were left unchanged. Data from sixty-nine (69) CT fluoroscopy (CTF) lung interventions were prospectively collected and included in the study. Nineteen (19) procedures where...