Radiation exposure from CT scans: How to close our knowledge gaps, monitor and safeguard exposure - Proceedings and recommendations of the radiation dose summit, sponsored by NIBIB, February 24-25, 2011

Radiology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 544-554

  Boone, John M ^a   Hendee, William R ^b   McNitt Gray, Michael F ^c   Seltzer, Steven E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; REGISTER; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; X RAY;

EID: 84867912726     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12112201     Document Type: Article

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