Image quality and dose evaluation in spiral chest CT examinations of patients with lung carcinoma

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 922, 2004, Pages 839-846

  Moran L M ^a   Rodriguez R ^a   Calzado, A ^a   Turrero, A ^a   Arenas, A ^a,b   Cuevas, A ^c   Garcia Castano B ^d   Gomez N ^e   Moran P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c Hospital del Aire   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7744222685     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/71539623     Document Type: Article

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