Characterization of X-ray Dose in Murine Animals Using microCT, a New Low-Dose Detector and nanoDot Dosimeters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Osborne, Dustin R ^a,b   Yan, Shikui ^b   Stuckey, Alan ^a   Pryer, Lindy ^b   Richey, Tina ^a   Wall, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSIMETER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84870276822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049936     Document Type: Article

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