Low-dose unenhanced CT protocols according to individual body size for evaluating suspected renal colic: Cumulative radiation exposures;Protocolli TC diretta a bassa dose in funzione della corporatura del paziente nella valutazione della sospetta colica renale. Esposizione cumulativa da indagini ripetute

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-114

  Tartari, S ^a   Rizzati, R ^a   Righi, R ^a   Deledda, A ^a   Terrani, S ^b   Benea, G ^a  

^a Ospedale del Delta   (Italy)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low dose CT; MDCT; Radiation dose; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RENAL COLIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 77949264841     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-009-0476-5     Document Type: Article

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