Multisection CT protocols: Sex- and age-specific conversion factors used to determine effective dose from dose-length product

Radiology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 158-166

  Deak, Paul D ^a   Smal, Yulia ^a   Kalender, Willi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957358643     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10100047     Document Type: Article

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