Automated extraction of radiation dose information for CT examinations

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 871-877

  Cook, Tessa S ^a   Zimmerman, Stefan ^a   Maidment, Andrew D A ^a   Kim, Woojin ^a   Boonn, William W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; patient safety; quality assurance; Radiation dose reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 84928096446     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.06.026     Document Type: Article

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