Radiation dose and safety: Informatics standards and tools

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1286-1297

  Morin, Richard L ^a   Seibert, J Anthony ^b   Boone, John M ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; interventional imaging; Radiation dose; radiation dose registry; radiography informatics tools

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREMS RADIATION; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IONIZING RADIATION; MODULATION; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGISTER; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; X RAY TUBE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84928096086     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.09.017     Document Type: Article

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