Radiation doses during chest examinations using dose modulation techniques in multislice CT scanner

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-157

  Livingstone, Roshan ^a   Pradip, Joe ^a   Dinakran, Paul ^a   Srikanth, B ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dose modulation; MSCT; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 77952393676     PISSN: 09713026     EISSN: 19983808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.63036     Document Type: Article

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