Patient dose reduction in CT examinations by optimising scanogram acquisition

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-178

  Perisinakis, K ^a   Damilakis, J ^a   Voloudaki, A ^a   Papadakis, A ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTISCANNING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0035140337     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006426     Document Type: Article

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