Effect of tube current on diagnostic image quality in paediatric cerebral multidetector CT images

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 976, 2009, Pages 313-320

  Ledenius, K ^a   Gustavsson, M ^b   Johansson, S ^b   Stalhammar F ^b   Wiklund, L M ^b   Thilander Klang, A ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 65349163667     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/24404354     Document Type: Article

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