Current knowledge on tumour induction by computed tomography should be carefully used

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 649-656

  Candela Juan, Cristian ^a   Montoro, Alegría ^a,b   Ruiz Martínez, Enrique ^a,b   Villaescusa, Juan Ignacio ^a,b   Martí Bonmatí, Luis ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA DEL HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS IDISSC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Epidemiology; Induced cancers; Radiation risk; Risk coefficients

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896715633     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-3047-z     Document Type: Article

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