Monitoring cystic fibrosis lung disease by computed tomography: Radiation risk in perspective

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1328-1336

  Kuo, Wieying ^a,b   Ciet, Pierluigi ^a,b,c   Tiddens, Harm A W M ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^d   Guillerman, R Paul ^d   Van Straten, Marcel ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Cystic fibrosis; Radiation dose response relationship; Risk assessment methods; X ray computed tomography adverse effects

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION INJURY REPAIR; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84901747416     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201311-2099CI     Document Type: Review

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