European obesity and the radiology department. What can we do to help?

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 298-309

  Buckley, O ^a   Ward, E ^a   Ryan, A ^b   Colin, Walsh ^a   Snow, A ^a   Torreggiani, W C ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Artefact; Dose; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPODYSTROPHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INJURY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBESITY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 59249098010     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1154-z     Document Type: Article

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