Patient size measured on CT images as a function of age at a tertiary care children's hospital

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1611-1619

  Kleinman, Patricia L ^a   Strauss, Keith J ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Buckley, Kevin S ^a   Taylor, George A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body measures; CT; Imaging tomography; Pediatrics; Phantoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953263387     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3771     Document Type: Article

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