Musings at the beginning of the hyper-CT era

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 110-114

  Baker, S R ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidetector computed tomography; Radiation; Risks; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; BODY REGIONS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037263620     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-002-0063-x     Document Type: Review

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