Strategies for reducing the CT radiation dose;Strategien zur Reduktion der CT-Strahlendosis

Radiologe

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1120-1127

  Schindera, S T ^a   Nauer, C ^a   Treier, R ^b   Trueb, P ^b   Von Allmen, G ^a   Vock, P ^a   Szucs Farkas, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Abteilung Strahlenschutz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Radiation exposure; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REVIEW;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78651318749     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-010-2053-2     Document Type: Article

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