Radiation dose evaluation in multidetector-row CT imaging for acute stroke with an anthropomorphic phantom

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 996, 2010, Pages 1029-1041

  Yamauchi Kawara, C ^a   Fujii, K ^b   Aoyama, T ^a   Yamauchi, M ^c   Koyama, S ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE;

BODY BURDEN; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649893660     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/52267127     Document Type: Article

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