A method for the systematic selection of technique factors in paediatric CT

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 901, 2003, Pages 51-56

  Kotre, C J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOM; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THORAX EXAMINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037283180     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/53215511     Document Type: Article

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