In vivo dose assessment of multislice CT in abdominal examinations

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 1012-1016

  Tyan, Y S ^a,b   Tsai, H Y ^a,b   Hung, Y L ^a   Lia, N G ^b   Chen, C P ^c  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

In vivo dose; Multislice CT

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SURFACE DOSE MONITORING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 46549084914     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.11.070     Document Type: Article

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