Paediatric entrance doses from exposure index in computed radiography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3365-3380

  Vano, E ^a,b   Martinez, D ^a   Fernandez, J M ^a,b   Ordiales, J M ^a   Prieto, C ^a   Floriano, A ^a   Ten, J I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; HEALTH; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL IMAGES; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; ENTRANCE SURFACE AIR KERMA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPOSURE LEVELS; IMAGING MODALITIES; INDEX PARAMETER; PATIENT DOSES; SAMPLE SIZES; X-RAY BEAM QUALITIES;

PEDIATRICS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45949095737     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/12/020     Document Type: Article

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