Low dose CT: Practices and strategies of radiologists in university hospitals

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-8

  Karabulut, Nevzat ^a   Ariyürek, Macit ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Radiation dosage; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PARANASAL SINUS; PEDIATRICS; PITCH; POLICY; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY;

EID: 33644918852     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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