Current status of patient radiation doses from computed tomography examinations in Tanzania

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-135

  Ngaile, J E ^a   Msaki, P ^a   Kazema, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TANZANIA; THORAX; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TANZANIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845711618     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl001     Document Type: Article

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