Radiation dose-reduction strategies for neuroradiology CT protocols

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1628-1632

  Smith, A B ^a   Dillon, W P ^a   Gould, R ^a   Wintermark, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; NECK; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; ORBIT; PARANASAL SINUS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL BONE; THORACIC SPINE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

HUMANS; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35349019751     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0814     Document Type: Review

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