The effect of z overscanning on radiation burden of pediatric patients undergoing head CT with multidetector scanners: A Monte Carlo study

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2472-2478

  Tzedakis, Antonis ^a   Perisinakis, Kostas ^a   Raissaki, Maria ^a   Damilakis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

CT; Effective dose; Eye lens dose; Monte Carlo; Pediatric head exams

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOMS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; EXPOSURE PARAMETERS; EYE LENS; MONTE CARLO N PARTICLES; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; RADIATION TRANSPORT CODES; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFANT; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33745667323     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2207212     Document Type: Article

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