Radiation dose to the lens of eye and thyroid gland in paranasal sinus multislice CT

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 906, 2003, Pages 418-420

  Zammit Maempel, I ^a   Chadwick, C L ^a   Willis, S P ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY POSITION; CATARACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE CALCULATION; EYELID; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPINE POSITION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUSES; RADIATION DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038481248     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/82798696     Document Type: Article

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