Radiation dose from cone beam CT in a pediatric phantom: Risk estimation of cancer incidence

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 186-190

  Kim, Sangroh ^a   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a   Toncheva, Greta ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CBCT; Cone beam CT; Effective dose; Lifetime attributable risk; MOSFET; Pediatric phantom

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR DETECTOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR; SKIN; STOMACH;

BODY BURDEN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74749107334     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2168     Document Type: Article

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