Determination of potential uterine (conceptus) doses from axial and helical CT scans

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Dietrich, M F ^a,b   Miller, K L ^d   King, S H ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dose assessment; Health effects; Operational topic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; UTERUS; FETUS; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 13744260608     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000147810.99736.70     Document Type: Article

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