Image Gently: toward optimizing the practice of pediatric CT through resources and dialogue

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 471-475

  Frush, Donald P ^a   Goske, Marilyn J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIATION PROTECTION;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84939973843     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-015-3283-2     Document Type: Editorial

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