Low-dose CT in clinical diagnostics

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 501-510

  Fuentes Orrego, Jorge M ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Computed tomography; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84883172607     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2013.826647     Document Type: Article

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