Radiation exposure before and after the introductionof a dedicated total-body CT protocolin multitrauma patients

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 507-512

  Sierink, J C ^a   Saltzherr, T P ^a   Wirtz, M R ^a   Streekstra, G J ^a   Beenen, L F M ^a   Goslings, J C ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Radiation exposure; Total body; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIATION DOSAGE; REGISTRIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84890571934     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-013-1147-3     Document Type: Article

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