Accurate tissue area measurements with considerably reduced radiation dose achieved by patient-specific CT scan parameters

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 970, 2008, Pages 801-808

  Brandberg, J ^a,b,d   Lonn, L ^a,b   Bergelin, E ^b   Sjostrom, L ^b   Forssell Aronsson, E ^a,c   Starck, G ^a,c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Medicine   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RADIATION DOSE; THIGH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53749101509     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/44384066     Document Type: Article

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