Using computed tomography and digital radiography of the human body to visualize metal fragments from bomb explosions – A preliminary report

Ünal Ören, Mats Hansson, Sören Mattsson, Christopher Rääf

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Abstract

A thoracic phantom, with embedded fragments of uranium (U) and iron (Fe) of different sizes, was imaged with digital radiography, standard-dose CT and low-dose CT and the detectable size of the fragments was recorded. U and Fe fragments were detected in diameters down to 100 mu m and 300 mu m, respectively with the standard-dose CT and digital radiography. The size limit using the low-dose CT was 300-400 mu m for U fragments and 500-700 mu m for Fe fragments.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Physics in the Baltic States
PublisherKaunas University Of Technology Press
Pages127-131
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event10th International Conference on Medical Physics - Kaunas, Lithuania
Duration: 2012 Nov 82012 Nov 10

Publication series

Name
ISSN (Print)1822-5721

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Medical Physics
Country/TerritoryLithuania
CityKaunas
Period2012/11/082012/11/10

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging

Free keywords

  • Digital radiography
  • computed tomography
  • metal fragments
  • detection
  • limit

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