Managing the radiation dose from pediatric CT

Applied Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 13-20

  Lai, Kenny C ^a   Frush, Donald P ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOLOGIST; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646370735     PISSN: 01609963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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