16-slice CT: Achievable effective doses of common protocols in comparison with recent CT dose surveys

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 952, 2007, Pages 248-255

  van der Molen, A J ^a   Veldkamp, W J H ^a   Geleijns, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; THORAX DISEASE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34347388838     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/52356535     Document Type: Article

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