Dose-length product to effective dose conversion factors for common computed tomography examinations based on Canadian clinical experience

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-17

  Elbakri, Idris A ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Iain D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Division of Medical Physics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Conversion factors; Dose length product; Effective dose

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE LENGTH PRODUCT; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NEOPLASM; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84872939524     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 14882361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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