CT and radiation: What radiologists should know

Applied Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 22-29

  Coursey, Courtney A ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 41349116339     PISSN: 01609963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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