Radiation dose to the eyes and parotids during CT of the sinuses

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 531-533

  Bassim, Marc K ^a   Ebert, Charles S ^a   Sit, Roger C ^a   Senior, Brent A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CATARACT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EYE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LENS; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

CADAVER; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PARANASAL SINUSES; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26444483231     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.06.018     Document Type: Article

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