Radiation Dose is Reduced with a Single-Pass Whole-Body Multi-Detector Row CT Trauma Protocol Compared with a Conventional Segmented Method: Initial Experience

Radiology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 902-905

  Ptak, Thomas ^a   Rhea, James T ^a   Novelline, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), image processing; Computed tomography (CT), radiation exposure; Radiations, exposure to patients and personnel; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0345015508     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2293021651     Document Type: Article

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