Radiation dose from multidetector row CT imaging for acute stroke

Neuroradiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 635-640

  Mnyusiwalla, Anisa ^a   Aviv, Richard I ^a   Symons, Sean P ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Computed tomography; Computed tomography angiography; Computed tomography perfusion; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349247851     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-009-0543-6     Document Type: Article

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