Patient size and x-ray technique factors in head computed tomography examinations. I. Radiation doses

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 588-594

  Huda, Walter ^a   Lieberman, Kristin A ^a   Chang, Jack ^a   Roskopf, Marsha L ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure to patients; Head CT; Radiation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DOSIMETRY; HEAT RADIATION; X RAY TUBES;

CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; EQUIVALENT RADIUS; EXPOSURE TO PATIENTS; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; LATERAL DIMENSION; X-RAY ATTENUATION; X-RAY TECHNIQUES; X-RAY TUBE VOLTAGES;

X RAYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 1642417360     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1646232     Document Type: Article

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