Single-slice and multi-slice CT scanners: Dosimetric comparison with the diagnostic reference dose levels;Tomografia computerizzata a strato singolo e a strato multiplo: Confronto dosimetrico con i livelli diagnostici di riferimento

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 262-265

  Moro, Luca ^a   Bolsi, Alessandra ^b   Baldi, Maurizia ^a   Bertoli, Giuseppe ^a   Fantinato, Daniele ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT radiation dose; Diagnostic reference dose levels (DRL); Multi slice CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE VALUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; RADIATION DOSAGE; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035490633     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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