The use of breast shielding for dose reduction in pediatric CT: Arguments against the proposition

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1744-1747

  Geleijns, Jacob ^b   Wang, Jia ^a   McCollough, Cynthia ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH;

ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; X RAY TUBE;

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

EID: 78650202675     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1808-2     Document Type: Article

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