Lowering the thyroid dose in screening examinations of the cervical spine

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-136

  Shu, Kirstin M ^a   MacKenzie, John D ^a   Smith, Jesse B ^a   Blinder, Elise M ^a   Bourgeois, Lisa M ^a   Ledbetter, Stephen ^a   Castronovo, Frank P ^a   Judy, Philip F ^a   Rybicki, Frank ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; CT; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SPINAL FRACTURES; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33644618818     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-005-0462-8     Document Type: Article

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