Tracking Radiation Exposure From Diagnostic Imaging Devices at the NIH

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-89

  Neumann, Ronald D ^a   Bluemke, David A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DAMAGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IONIZING RADIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928096460     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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