CT dose optimisation and reduction in osteoarticular disease

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 371-388

  Gervaise, A ^a,b   Teixeira, P ^a   Villani, N ^c   Lecocq, S ^a   Louis, M ^a   Blum, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b Hopital d'Instruction des Armees Legouest   (France)

^c CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

Author keywords

CT; Dose; Optimisation; Osteoarticular imaging; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; X RAY;

EID: 84878188607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22115684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2012.05.017     Document Type: Short Survey

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