Measurement of effective dose for paediatric scoliotic patients

Radiography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-97

  Lee, Chih I ^a   McLean, Donald ^a,b   Robinson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paediatric; Radiation dose; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; SCOLIOSIS; X RAY;

EID: 17044434219     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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