Continuous monitoring of CT dose indexes at dubai hospital

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 858-864

  AlSuwaidi, Jamila S ^a,b   AlBalooshi, Laila G ^b   AlAwadhi, Hashim M ^b   Rahanjam, Ali ^b   ElHallag, Mohamad A ^b   Ibrahim, Jassem S ^b   Rehani, Madan M ^c  

^a DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b DUBAI HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Control of patient radiation dose; Control of radiation exposure; CT dose indexes; CT radiation dose; Dose length product (DLP); Effective dose (ED); Patient radiation dose; Volumetric CT dose index (CTDIvol)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DUBAI; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 84886376769     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.10233     Document Type: Article

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