Patient size and radiation exposure in thoracic, pelvic, and abdominal CT examinations performed with automatic exposure control

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1342-1346

  Israel, Gary M ^a   Cicchiello, Lawrence ^a   Brink, James ^a   Huda, Walter ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Exposure control; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY SIZE; BONE MARROW; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; PATIENT; PELVIC RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STOMACH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SIZE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649740074     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3331     Document Type: Article

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