Strategies for reducing radiation exposure from multidetector computed tomography in the acute care setting

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-129

  Sodickson, Aaron ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computed tomography dose index; Dose length product; Protocols; Radiation exposure; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KERNEL METHOD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION MONITORING; THICKNESS; X RAY;

EID: 84876557125     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 14882361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2013.01.002     Document Type: Review

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