Early first-trimester fetal radiation dose estimation in 16-MDCT without and with automated tube current modulation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 860-864

  Jaffe, Tracy A ^a   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^a   Toncheva, Greta I ^a   Nguyen, Giao ^a   Hurwitz, Lynne M ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated tube current modulation mode; Fetal imaging; MDCT; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; PREGNANCY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42449149437     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2925     Document Type: Article

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