Considerations on the practical application of the size-specific dose estimation (SSDE) method of AAPM Report 204

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 296-302

  Noferini, Linhsia ^a   Fulcheri, Christian ^b   Taddeucci, Adriana ^b   Bartolini, Marco ^b   Gori, Cesare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT; Dose; Size descriptor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY SIZE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIZE SPECIFIC DOSE ESTIMATION METHOD; THORAX SCINTISCANNING; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY; RESEARCH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BODY SIZE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84904443461     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-014-0265-2     Document Type: Article

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