Perspective on radiation risk in CT imaging

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-31

  Fletcher, Joel G ^a   Kofler, James M ^a   Coburn, John A ^b   Bruining, David H ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Radiation dose; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER RISK; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; COLORECTAL POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ENTEROGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTESTINE PREPARATION; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NOISE REDUCTION; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOLOGIST; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84872682709     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-012-9933-z     Document Type: Article

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