Coronary calcium scoring with MDCT: The radiation dose to the breast and the effectiveness of bismuth breast shield

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-143

  Yilmaz, Mehmet Halit ^a   Yaşar, Doǧan ^b   Albayram, Sait ^a   Adaletli, Ibrahim ^a   Özer, Harun ^a   Ozbayrak, Mustafa ^a   Mihmanli, Ismail ^a   Akman, Canan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast; MDCT; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CALCIUM; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOLOGY;

BREAST SHIELDING; DOSIMETRIC PHANTOMS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (MDCT); RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BISMUTH; CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; BISMUTH; BODY BURDEN; BREAST; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845942313     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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