Dose conversion coefficients for CT examinations of adults with automatic tube current modulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 6243-6261

  Schlattl, H ^a   Zankl, M ^a   Becker, J ^a   Hoeschen, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 78149297145     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/20/013     Document Type: Article

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