Survey of computed tomography techniques and absorbed dose in Italian hospitals: A comparison between two methods to estimate the dose-length product and the effective dose and to verify fulfilment of the diagnostic reference levels

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 227-237

  Origgi, Daniela ^a   Vigorito, Sabrina ^a   Villa, Gaetano ^a   Bellomi, Massimo ^a,b   Tosi, Giampiero ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic reference levels; Dose length product; Effective dose; Patient exposure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LUMBAR SPINE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX;

DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30844435919     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2682-4     Document Type: Article

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