Evaluation of a radiation dose reduction strategy for pediatric chest CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1188-1193

  Kim, Jee Eun ^a,b   Newman, Beverley ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MDCT; Pediatric chest CT; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE; NOISE REDUCTION; PITCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BODY BURDEN; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951958464     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3726     Document Type: Article

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