Positive enteric contrast material for abdominal and pelvic CT with automatic exposure control: What is the effect on patient radiation exposure?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Zhen J ^a   Chen, Katherine S ^a   Gould, Robert ^a   Coakley, Fergus V ^a   Fu, Yanjun ^a   Yeh, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic exposure control; CT; Enteric contrast material; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; WATER;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052164775     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.03.059     Document Type: Article

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