Pediatric dose reduction in computed tomography

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 518-527

  Frush, Donald P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic imaging; Dose; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FALSE ANEURYSM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56149088242     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000326335.34281.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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