Size-appropriate radiation doses in pediatric body CT: A study of regional community adoption in the United States

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1128-1135

  Hopkins, Katharine L ^a,b   Pettersson, David R ^a   Koudelka, Caroline W ^c   Spinning, Kristopher ^a   Vajtai, Petra L ^a,b   Beckett, Brooke R ^a   Bardo, Dianna M E ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's hospitals; Community hospitals; Computed tomography; Pediatrics; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; THORAX; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84882915556     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2680-7     Document Type: Article

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