Effective dose evaluation of multidetector CT examinations: Influence of the ICRP recommendation in 2007

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2855-2861

  Matsubara, Kosuke ^a   Koshida, Kichiro ^a   Suzuki, Masayuki ^a   Shimono, Tetsunori ^b   Yamamoto, Tomoyuki ^c   Matsui, Osamu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOSHIGAOKA KOSEINENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Computed tomography; Effective dose; Radiation dosimetry; Stochastic effect

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; HEART; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71449087519     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1497-0     Document Type: Article

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