Radiation effective doses to patients undergoing abdominal CT examinations

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 645-650

  Ware, Dan E ^a   Huda, Walter ^a,b   Mergo, Patricia J ^a   Litwiller, Anthony L ^a  

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

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), in infants and children; Computed tomography (CT), radiation exposure; Dosimetry; Radiations, exposure to patients and personnel; Radiations, measurement

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0033008479     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.3.r99mr05645     Document Type: Article

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