Scanning beyond anatomic limits of the thorax in chest CT: Findings, radiation dose, and automatic tube current modulation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1525-1530

  Campbell, Justin ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a,b   Rizzo, Stefania ^a   Maher, Michael M ^c   Shepard, Jo Anne ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOLOGIST; THORACIC CAVITY; THORAX TUMOR; BODY BURDEN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33644824157     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1512     Document Type: Article

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