Pulmonary embolism: Radiation dose with multi-detector row CT and digital angiography for diagnosis

Radiology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 690-697

  Coche, Emmanuel ^a   Vynckier, Stefaan ^a   Octave Prignot, Michelle ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747606019     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2402050580     Document Type: Article

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