Thyroid doses and risk to paediatric patients undergoing neck CT examinations

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1883-1890

  Spampinato, Maria Vittoria ^a   Tipnis, Sameer ^a   Tavernier, Joshua ^a   Huda, Walter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neck; Pediatrics; Radiation Dosage; Spiral Computed; Thyroid Gland; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING PHANTOM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SECOND CERVICAL VERTEBRA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH CAROLINA; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AXIS, CERVICAL VERTEBRA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84930478008     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3590-x     Document Type: Article

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