Estimated cumulative radiation dose from PET/CT in children with malignancies: A 5-year retrospective review

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 681-686

  Chawla, Soni C ^a   Federman, Noah ^b   Zhang, Di ^b   Nagata, Kristen ^a   Nuthakki, Soujanya ^b   McNitt Gray, Michael ^b   Boechat, M Ines ^b  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative radiation dose; Pediatric; PET CT; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951498788     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1434-z     Document Type: Article

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