Energy imparted and effective doses in computed tomography

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 735-741

  Atherton, James V ^a,b   Huda, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CancerCare Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE DOSE; EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENTS; ENERGY IMPARTED; PATIENT DOSE; RADIATION RISK; REPRESENTATIVE VALUES; TOTAL ENERGY; X-RAY SPECTRA;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENERGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0029883007     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597667     Document Type: Article

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