Balancing radiation dose and image quality: Clinical applications of neck volume CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 727-731

  Russell, M T ^a   Fink, J R ^a   Rebeles, F ^a   Kanal, K ^a   Ramos, M ^a   Anzai, Yoshimi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 42449115185     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0891     Document Type: Article

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