Estimating effective dose for ct using dose-length product compared with using organ doses: Consequences of adopting international commission on radiological protection publication 103 or dual-energy scanning

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 881-889

  Christner, Jodie A ^a   Kofler, James M ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; DLP; Dose length product; Dual energy CT; Effective dose; Effective dose equivalent; ICRP publication 103; ICRP publication 26; ICRP publication 60; Organ dose; Tissue weighting factors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD; LIVER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; THORAX;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950604342     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3462     Document Type: Article

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