Multidetector CT of the paranasal sinus: Potential for radiation dose reduction

Radiology

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 847-852

  Brem, Matthias H ^a,b   Zamani, Amir A ^a   Riva, Roberto ^a   Zou, Kelly H ^a,c   Rumboldt, Zoran ^d   Hennig, Friedrich F ^b   Kikinis, Ron ^a   Norbash, Alexander M ^a,e   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFERIOR RECTUS MUSCLE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; OPTIC NERVE; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY BURDEN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUSES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249003745     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2433050207     Document Type: Article

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