Reducing the radiation dose during excretory urography: Flat-panel silicon X-ray detector versus computed radiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 931-937

  Zahringer M ^a   Hesselmann, V ^a   Schulte, O ^a   Kamm, K F ^b   Braun, W ^a   Haupt, G ^a   Krug, B ^a   Lackner, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FLAT PANEL SILICON X RAY DETECTOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0141855189     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.4.1810931     Document Type: Article

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