Radiation dose survey: Comparison between new-generation computed tomography and 64-slice multidetector computed tomography

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Radiologists

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 107-112

  Lo, G G ^a   Chan, J K F ^a   Lau, C W ^a   Geng, H ^a   Yu, S K ^a  

^a HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Radiation dosage; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX;

EID: 77952391042     PISSN: 10295097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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