Radiation dose reduction in chest CT: A review

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-343

  Kubo, Takeshi ^a,b   Lin, Pei Jan Paul ^a   Stiller, Wolfram ^c   Takahashi, Masaya ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^c   Ohno, Yoshiharu ^d   Hatabu, Hiroto ^e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Chest CT; CT; Radiation dose; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW;

BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38849084698     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2556     Document Type: Review

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