Effective radiation doses in CT colonography: Results of an inventory among research institutions

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 981-987

  Jensch, Sebastiaan ^a,b   van Gelder, Rogier E ^a   Venema, Henk W ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   Laméris, Johan S ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colon neoplasms; Computed tomography; CT; CT colonography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; SUPINE POSITION;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645756096     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-0047-7     Document Type: Article

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