Dose reduction in paediatric MDCT: general principles

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 507-517

  Paterson, A ^a   Frush, D P ^b  

^a ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBE;

CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247391986     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.12.004     Document Type: Review

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