Radiation dose in multidetector row computed tomography cardiac imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 859-863

  Bae, Kyongtae T ^a   Hong, Cheng ^a   Whiting, Bruce R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); CT angiography; Heart; Multidetector row CT; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942716901     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20069     Document Type: Review

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