Bismuth shielding in CT: Support for use in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1739-1743

  Kim, Sangroh ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD;

BISMUTH; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650196158     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1807-3     Document Type: Article

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