Radiation Protection in the Era of Helical CT: Practical Patient Based Programs for Decreasing Patient Exposure

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-52

  Birnbaum, Steven ^a  

^a Southern New Hampshire Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGE; ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MANAGER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 73949096872     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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