Radiation dose management in thoracic CT: An international survey

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-207

  Molinari, Francesco ^a,b   Tack, Denis M ^c   Boiselle, Philip ^a   Ngo, Long ^a   Mueller Mang, Christina ^d   Litmanovich, Diana ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Clinique Louis Caty   (Belgium)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877250797     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.6381-12.1     Document Type: Article

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