CT screening - Whole-body and targeted

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Le Heron, John C ^a   Coakley, K S ^b  

^a National Radiation Laboratory of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

CT screening; Targeted CT; Whole body CT

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ENGINEERS; MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

PATIENTS; SCIENTISTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATURAL SCIENCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TARGET ORGAN; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2342502595     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178880     Document Type: Article

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