Radiation exposure and image quality in chest CT examinations

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 279-284

  Ravenel, J G ^a   Scalzetti, E M ^a   Huda, W ^a   Garrisi, W ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0034946727     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.177.2.1770279     Document Type: Article

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