Effective doses to adult and pediatric patients

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 272-279

  Huda, Walter ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOISE REDUCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAD; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036934963     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0680-0     Document Type: Article

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