Estimation of the exposure and a risk-benefit analysis for a CT system designed for a lung cancer mass screening unit

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-108

  Nishizawa, K ^a   Iwai, K ^b   Matsumoto, T ^a   Sakashita, K ^a   Iinuma, T A ^c   Tateno, Y ^a   Miyamoto, T ^a   Shimura, A ^d   Takagi, H ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Chiba Anti Tuberculosis Association   (Japan)

^e HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHANTOM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029799016     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031801     Document Type: Article

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