Patient dose evaluation and optimization of uropoietic multiphasic multislice CT examination;Valutazione della dose al paziente e ottimizzazione dell'esame multifasico con TC multistrato nello studio dell'apparato urinario

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-228

  Isoardi, Paola ^a   Ropolo, Roberto ^a   Savio, Luigi ^a   Cesarani, Federico ^b   Marchisio, Filippo ^c   Gandini, Giovanni ^c  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile di Asti   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

IVU, effective dose; Spiral CT, effective dose; Spiral CT, renl colic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GONAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; TESTIS; TISSUE SLICE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SOFTWARE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 1842661038     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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