Comparative analysis of radiation dose and image quality between thyroid shielding and unshielding during CT examination of the neck

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 611-615

  Lee, Young Hen ^a   Park, Eun Tae ^a   Cho, Pyong Kon ^a   Seo, Hyung Suk ^a   Je, Bo Kyung ^a   Suh, Sang Il ^b   Yang, Kyung Sook ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bismuth shielding; CT; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952269957     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4955     Document Type: Article

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