Radiation dose reduction for CT-guided renal tumor cryoablation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Leng, Shuai ^a   Atwell, Thomas D ^a   Yu, Lifeng ^a   Mandrekar, Jay ^a   Lewis, Bradley D ^a   Woodrum, David A ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; CT; Radiation dose; Renal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOSURGERY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONCOCYTOMA; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959627881     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5144     Document Type: Article

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