Reduction of radiation dose at HRCT of the temporal bone in children

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 578-583

  Funama, Yoshinori ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^b   Shimamura, Masamichi ^a   Kakei, Kiyotaka ^c   Nagasue, Nozomu ^c   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Equivalent dose; Eye lens; High resolution computed tomography; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LENS; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; TEMPORAL BONE;

HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31444441699     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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