Whole-body PET/CT scanning: Estimation of radiation dose and cancer risk

Radiology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 166-174

  Huang, Bingsheng ^a   Law, Martin Wai Ming ^a   Khong, Pek Lan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFETIME ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY PET; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 64949109919     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2511081300     Document Type: Article

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