Towards dose reduction in CT: Patient radiation dose assessment for ct examinations at university health center in canada and comparison with national diagnostic reference levels

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-210

  Héliou, Régis ^a   Normandeau, Lysanne ^a   Beaudoin, Gilles ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856166094     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr024     Document Type: Article

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