CT dose: How to measure, how to reduce

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 508-517

  McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Medical imaging; National Council on Radiation Protection; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; FEAR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 56149093386     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000326343.35884.03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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