Radiation dose evaluation in head and neck MDCT examinations with a 6-year-old child anthropomorphic phantom

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1206-1214

  Yamauchi Kawaura, Chiyo ^a   Fujii, Keisuke ^a,b   Aoyama, Takahiko ^a   Koyama, Shuji ^a   Yamauchi, Masato ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Dose; Head; MDCT; Neck

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; LENS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECK; PHANTOM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THYROID GLAND; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

BODY BURDEN; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954423240     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1495-z     Document Type: Article

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