Diagnostic reference ranges for pediatric abdominal CT

Radiology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 208-218

  Goske, Marilyn J ^a   Strauss, Keith J ^a   Coombs, Laura P ^b   Mandel, Keith E ^a   Towbin, Alexander J ^a   Larson, David B ^a   Callahan, Michael J ^c   Darge, Kassa ^d   Podberesky, Daniel J ^a   Frush, Donald P ^e   Westra, Sjirk J ^f   Prince, Jeffrey S ^g  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE RANGE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879969334     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13120730     Document Type: Article

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