CT imaging: Radiation risk reduction - Real-life experience in a metropolitan outpatient imaging network

JACR Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 808-813

  Johnson, John O ^a   Robins, Jon M ^a  

^a Imaging Healthcare Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; imaging; radiation; reduction; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926231520     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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