Science to practice: What parameters are most accurate in predicting appropriate technique factors for CT scanning?

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 377-378

  Boone, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCIENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22544447339     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2362050285     Document Type: Short Survey

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