Reducing radiation dose in CT enterography

Radiographics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1109-1124

  Del Gaizo, Andrew J ^a,b   Fletcher, Joel G ^a   Yu, Lifeng ^a   Paden, Robert G ^a   Spencer, Garrett Clay ^a   Leng, Shuai ^a   Silva, Annelise M ^a   Fidler, Jeff L ^a   Silva, Alvin C ^a   Hara, Amy K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE;

HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880075218     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.334125074     Document Type: Article

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