Current methods of monitoring radiation exposure from CT

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 702-707

  Talati, Ronak K ^a   Dunkin, Jared ^a   Parikh, Shrujal ^b   Moore, William H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

angiographic dose monitoring; CT; DICOM SR; monitoring; PACS; patient dose; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION RESPONSE; SATISFACTION;

ANGIOGRAPHIC DOSE MONITORING; CT; DICOM-SR; MONITORING; PACS; PATIENT DOSE; RADIATION DOSE;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 84883552767     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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