Radiation doses to patients receiving computed tomography examinations in British Columbia

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-85

  Aldrich, John E ^a,b   Bilawich, Ana Maria ^a   Mayo, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Patient dose; Reference dose

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646672887     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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