Embryo Dose Estimates in Body CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 874-880

  Huda, Walter ^a   Randazzo, William ^a   Tipnis, Sameer ^a   Frey, Donald G ^a   Mah, Eugene ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT radiation dose; Embryo dose; Patient size; Radiation protection; X ray techniques

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; PELVIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; UTERUS; X RAY TUBE;

BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERUS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 77950625002     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.4032     Document Type: Article

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