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Why is collimation an important feature of dose reduction?

April 26, 2017collimation dose feature reduction

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Why is collimation an important feature of dose reduction?

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Reducing the field-of-view is beneficial in • reducing the stochastic risk to the patient by reducing the volume of tissue at risk • reducing scatter radiation to the patient and in-room personnel • reducing potential overlap of fields when the X ray beam is reoriented Page Top