CT doses in children: A multicentre study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 911, 2003, Pages 803-811

  Pages, J ^a   Buls, N ^a   Osteaux, M ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY SIZE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REFERENCE VALUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345392722     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/92706933     Document Type: Article

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