Early first trimester fetal dose estimation method in a multivendor study of 16- and 64-MDCT scanners and low-dose imaging protocols

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1019-1024

  Jaffe, Tracy A ^a   Neville, Amy M ^a   Anderson Evans, Colin ^a   Long, Sheldon ^b   Lowry, Carolyn ^a   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^a   Toncheva, Greta ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

CT dosimetry; Fetal dose; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEMICONDUCTOR; THORAX INJURY; UTERUS;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 70349667368     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2274     Document Type: Article

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