Effective dose assessment for participants in the national lung screening trial undergoing posteroanterior chest radiographic examinations

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 142-146

  Kruger, Randell ^a   Flynn, Michael J ^b   Judy, Phillip F ^c   Cagnon, Christopher H ^d   Seibert, J Anthony ^e  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiographs; CT; Lung cancer screening; Monte Carlo; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ENTRANCE SKIN AIR KERMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883352304     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9181     Document Type: Article

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