Normalized CT dose index of the CT scanners used in the National Lung Screening Trial

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1539-1546

  Cody, Dianna D ^a   Kim, Hyun Jung ^b   Cagnon, Christopher H ^c   Larke, Frederick J ^d   McNitt Gray, Michael M ^b   Kruger, Randell L ^e   Flynn, Michael J ^f   Seibert, J Anthony ^g   Judy, Philip F ^h   Wu, Xizeng ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^f HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

CT dose measurements; CT radiation dose; Lung cancer screening; MDCT dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953262593     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3268     Document Type: Article

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