Bismuth shields for CT dose reduction: Do they help or hurt?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 878-879

  McCollough, Cynthia H ^a   Wang, Jia ^a   Berland, Lincoln L ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PHOTON; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; THORAX; X RAY;

EID: 84928096581     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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