Dose is not always what it seems: Where very misleading values can result from volume CT dose index and dose length product

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-237

  Seibert, J Anthony ^a   Boone, John M ^a   Wootton Gorges, Sandra L ^a   Lamba, Ramit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric CT dose; size specific dose estimate (SSDE)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; BODY SIZE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; REVIEW;

CTDI(VOL); PEDIATRIC CT DOSE; SIZE-SPECIFIC DOSE ESTIMATE (SSDE);

ADOLESCENT; ARTIFACTS; BODY SIZE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84895481539     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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