Patient radiation doses from adult and pediatric CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 540-546

  Huda, Walter ^a   Vance, Awais ^a,b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

MDCT; Pediatric CT; Physics of radiology; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 33846471867     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0101     Document Type: Article

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