Effective doses to patients undergoing thoracic computed tomography examinations

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 838-844

  Huda, Walter ^a   Scalzetti, Ernest M ^a   Roskopf, Marsha ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dosimetry; Effective dose; Energy imparted; Technique factors

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY;

EFFECTIVE DOSE; ENERGY IMPARTED; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; INVERSE CORRELATION; SECTION THICKNESS; TECHNIQUE FACTORS; TUBE CURRENTS; X-RAY TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0034037495     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598949     Document Type: Article

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