Slowing the increase in the population dose resulting from CT scans

Radiation Research

Volumn 174, Issue 6 B, 2010, Pages 809-815

  Brenner, D J ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650012419     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1859.1     Document Type: Review

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