Estimating thyroid dose in pediatric CT exams from surface dose measurement

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4211-4221

  Al Senan, Rani ^a   Mueller, Deborah L ^b   Hatab, Mustapha R ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRECTION FACTORS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DOSIMETERS; PITCH FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE DOSE;

LUMINESCENCE; PEDIATRICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; ORGANS AT RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; THYROID GLAND;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84862564263     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/13/4211     Document Type: Article

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