Radiation dose and cancer risk from pediatric CT examinations on 64-slice CT: A phantom study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Feng, Shi Ting ^a   Law, Martin Wai Ming ^b   Huang, Bingsheng ^c   Ng, Sherry ^b   Li, Zi Ping ^a   Meng, Quan Fei ^a   Khong, Pek Lan ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Pediatric CT; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; ATTRIBUTABLE RISKS; CANCER RISK; CT SCAN; EFFECTIVE DOSE; LINEAR EXTRAPOLATION; PHANTOM STUDIES; RADIATION DOSE; SALIVARY GLANDS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; THYROID GLANDS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; PEDIATRICS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK PERCEPTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 78149362368     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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