Dose and image quality of electron-beam CT compared with spiral CT

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 415-420

  Weisser, Gerald ^b   Lehmann, Karl Jürgen ^c   Scheck, Roland ^a   Coppenrath, Eva ^a   Georgi, Max ^c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

CT, electron beam; CT, helical; CT, radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032936974     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199906000-00005     Document Type: Article

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