An education and training programme for radiological institutes: Impact on the reduction of the CT radiation dose

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2039-2045

  Schindera, Sebastian T ^a   Treier, Reto ^b   Von Allmen, Gabriel ^a   Nauer, Claude ^a   Trueb, Philipp R ^b   Vock, Peter ^a   Szucs Farkas, Zsolt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic reference level; Protocol optimisation; Radiation dose; Training programme

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053918033     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2168-5     Document Type: Article

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