Reducing body CT radiation dose: Beyond just changing the numbers

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-40

  Hara, Amy K ^a   Wellnitz, Clinton V ^a   Paden, Robert G ^a   Pavlicek, William ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST CONTROL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883335855     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.10556     Document Type: Review

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