Radiation doses from small-bowel follow-through and abdomen/pelvis MDCT in pediatric Crohn disease

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-291

  Gaca, Ana Maria ^a   Jaffe, Tracy A ^a   Delaney, Susan ^b   Yoshizumi, Terry ^a   Toncheva, Greta ^a   Nguyen, Giao ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dartmouth General Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Crohn disease; MDCT; Radiation; SBFT

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROHN DISEASE; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39149121148     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0702-z     Document Type: Article

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