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French term or phrase:	facteur de réduction 10
English translation:	ten fold decrease
Entered by:	Drmanu49

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16:21 Feb 3, 2011

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Tech/Engineering - Medical: Instruments / medical imagery

French term or phrase: facteur de réduction

Hello,

L’avantage majeur du système est la diminution considérable des doses de radiographie allant d’un facteur de réduction 10 pour les radios conventionnelles 2D à un facteur de 800 à 1000 pour les reconstructions 3D

« going from a reduction factor 10… ? »

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Thank you

loulou79

ten fold decrease to 800...

Explanation:
IMO

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-03 18:13:04 GMT)
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or ten-fold reduction as suggested by Joanne.

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ten fold decrease to 800...

Drmanu49

reduction by a factor of

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ten fold decrease to 800...

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reduction by a factor of

Explanation:
The main advantage of the system is the considerable reduction in radiation doses, by a factor of ten for conventional 2D radiography ranging to a factor of 800 to 1000 for 3D reconstructions.

or a more verbal version:
The main advantage of the system is that it considerably reduces/lowers the radiation doses received, by a factor of ten for conventional 2D radiography ranging to a factor of 800 to 1000 for 3D reconstructions.

http://www.medicalimaging.org/2010/07/a-new-ct-reconstructio...
A new way of processing X-ray information can lower the amount of radiation patients receive during cone beam CT scans by a factor of ten or more, a new study finds.

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Changes made by editors

Feb 26, 2011 - Changes made by Drmanu49:
Edited KOG entry	Stéphanie Soudais's old entry - "facteur de réduction 10" => "ten fold decrease"
Feb 26, 2011 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Edited KOG entry	Drmanu49's old entry - "facteur de réduction" => "ten fold decrease to 800..."
Feb 9, 2011 - Changes made by Drmanu49:
Edited KOG entry	loulou79's old entry - "facteur de réduction" => "ten fold decrease to 800..."
Feb 4, 2011 - Changes made by Joanne Archambault:
Level	Non-PRO => PRO

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