Increased radiation dose to overweight and obese patients from radiographic examinations

Radiology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-139

  Yanch, Jacquelyn C ^a,c   Behrman, Richard H ^b   Hendricks, Michael J ^c   McCall, John H ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BioMed Software   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBESITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRUNK; X RAY; X RAY TUBE;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 67650046939     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2521080141     Document Type: Article

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