Radiation doses and risks in chest computed tomography examinations

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-320

  Huda, Walter ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cystic fibrosis; Pediatric; Radiation doses; Radiation risks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEWBORN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548219049     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200611-172HT     Document Type: Conference Paper

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