Radiation dose reduction strategy for CT protocols: Successful implementation in Neuroradiology Section

Radiology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 499-506

  Smith, Alice B ^a   Dillon, William P ^a   Lau, Benison C ^a   Gould, Robert ^a   Verdun, Francis R ^b   Lopez, Edward B ^a   Wintermark, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; NEUROMODULATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ADULT; BRAIN; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44449085865     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2472071054     Document Type: Article

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