Analysis of a CT patient dose database with an unsupervised clustering approach.

Journal: Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
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Abstract

PURPOSE: This study investigated the benefits of implementing a cluster analysis technique to extract relevant information from a computed tomography (CT) dose registry archive.

Authors

  • O Rampado
    S.C. Fisica Sanitaria, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Corso Bramante 88/90, 10126 Turin, Italy. Electronic address: orampado@cittadellasalute.to.it.
  • L Gianusso
    S.C. Fisica Sanitaria, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Corso Bramante 88/90, 10126 Turin, Italy. Electronic address: lgianusso@cittadellasalute.to.it.
  • C R Nava
    Università della Valle D'Aosta, Department of Economics and Political Science, Strada Cappuccini 2A, 11100 Aosta, Italy. Electronic address: c.nava@univda.it.
  • R Ropolo
    S.C. Fisica Sanitaria, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Corso Bramante 88/90, 10126 Turin, Italy. Electronic address: rropolo@cittadellasalute.to.it.