Multidetector CT radiation dose optimisation in adults: Short- and long-term effects of a clinical audit

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-175

  Tack, Denis ^a   Jahnen, Andreas ^b   Kohler, Sarah ^b   Harpes, Nico ^c   De Maertelaer, Viviane ^d   Back, Carlo ^c   Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^e  

^a Clinique Louis Caty   (Belgium)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c Ministry of Health   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body CT; CT; Head CT; Quality assurance; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMBAR SPINE; LUXEMBOURG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; THORAX;

ADULT; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890438755     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2994-8     Document Type: Article

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