Quality criteria implementation for brain computed tomography examinations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 65-68

  Calzado, A ^a   Rodriguez R ^b   Munoz A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0032413655     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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