Radiation exposure in body computed tomography examinations of trauma patients

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3269-3282

  Kortesniemi, M ^a   Kiljunen, T ^a,b   Kangasmaki A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA RECORDING; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACIC SCANS; TRAUMA IMAGING; TRAUMA PATIENTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX;

BODY BURDEN; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745072807     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/12/018     Document Type: Article

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