Comparison of different body size parameters for individual dose adaptation in body CT of adults

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 565-571

  Menke, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22544435185     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2362041327     Document Type: Article

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