Body CT: Technical advances for improving safety

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-41

  Marin, Daniele ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Rubin, Geoffrey D ^a   Schindera, Sebastian T ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contrast media; CT; Patient safety; Protocol optimization; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CATHETER; COLON RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; IONIZING RADIATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NOISE REDUCTION; OSMOLALITY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN ULCER; TISSUE NECROSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 79960476061     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6755     Document Type: Review

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