Why Is Collimation Important in Radiology?
Proper Collimation Is One of the Aspects of Optimising the Radiographic Imaging Technique. It Prevents Unnecessary Exposure of Anatomy Outside the Area of...
Proper collimation is one of the aspects of optimising the radiographic imaging technique. It prevents unnecessary exposure of anatomy outside the area of interest, and it also improves image quality by producing less scatter radiation from these areas.
Does collimation reduce radiation?
Actively collimating to the volume of interest reduces the overall integral dose to the patient and thus minimizes the radiation risk. Less volume irradiated will result in less x-ray scatter incident on the detector. This results in improved subject contrast and image quality.
Why is it desirable to collimate to the area of interest?
Collimating the primary beam to the area of diagnostic interest (ADI) has been strongly recommended as an effective method to reduce patient's radiation dose and to increase image quality in radiology practice [6-9]. Proper collimation reduces the amount of tissue irradiated and the following radiation risk.
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