Comparison of head and body organ doses in CT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Huda, Walter ^a   Ogden, Kent M ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; TISSUE;

CYLINDRICAL ACRYLIC DOSIMETRY PHANTOMS; DOSIMETRY DATA; IRRADIATED REGION; ORGAN DOSES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; HEAD; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; ORGAN; ORGAN SIZE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38049107760     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/2/N02     Document Type: Article

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