Effective dose estimates for cone beam computed tomography in interventional radiology

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3197-3204

  Kwok, Y M ^a   Irani, F G ^a   Tay, K H ^a   Yang, C C ^a   Padre, C G ^a   Tan, B S ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CBCT; Effective doses; Interventional radiology; MDCT; TLD measurement

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CALVARIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EYE; HEAD; IMAGING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 84885951688     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2934-7     Document Type: Article

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