A comparison between low-dose and standard-dose noncontrasted multidetector CT scanning of the paranasal sinuses

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lam, S Y ^a   Bux, S I ^a   Kumar, G ^a   Ng, K H ^a   Hussain, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chronic sinusitis; CT paranasal sinuses; Low dose protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NASAL BONE; NOSE MALFORMATION; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; TURBINATE;

EID: 79955037081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.5.3.e13     Document Type: Review

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