Simulation of liver lesions for pediatric CT

Radiology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 699-705

  Hoe, Chee L ^a,b   Samei, Ehsan ^a,b,c   Frush, Donald P ^a   Delong, David M ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION; MIXED MODEL ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31144453364     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2381050477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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