A survey of 14 computed tomography scanners in Greece and 32 scanners in Italy. Examination frequencies, dose reference values, effective doses and doses to organs

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-53

  Papadimitriou, D ^a   Perris, A ^b   Manetou, A ^c   Molfetas, M ^d   Panagiotakis, N ^e   Lyra Georgosopoulou, M ^b   Hourdakis, K ^f   Kottou, S ^a   Tosi, G ^g   Origgi, D ^g   Vigorito, S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NIMTS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

^g EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GONAD; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MONITORING; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE VALUE; THORACIC SPINE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 10744229394     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006162     Document Type: Article

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