Cumulative effective dose associated with radiography and CT of adolescents with spinal injuries

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1411-1417

  Lemburg, Stefan P ^a   Peters, Soeren A ^a   Roggenland, Daniela ^a   Nicolas, Volkmar ^a   Heyer, Christoph M ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; CT; Effective dose; Radiography; Spine; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 78649742049     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4616     Document Type: Article

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