Radiation exposure in CT scanning and risk: Where are we?

Radiology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-328

  Thrall, James H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864368686     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12121137     Document Type: Editorial

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