Published April 2002 | Version v1
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Current adult and pediatric CT doses

Creators

  • 1. Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York (United States). Dept. of Radiology

Description

Factors affecting radiation doses in CT studies: technical parameters such as geometry of the scanner, filters, slice thickness, scan overlap etc; CT-type; patient size and tissue composition. Phantom studies of radiation dose distributions

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1007/s00247-002-0677-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Pediatric Radiology
Journal Volume
32
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 250-260
ISSN
0301-0449
CODEN
PDRYA5

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
33020840
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
ADULTS; CHILDREN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIMENSIONS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; PATIENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOMS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION DOSES
Descriptors DEC
ABSORPTION; AGE GROUPS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DOSES; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICINE; MOCKUP; PRIMATES; SORPTION; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATES

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Notes
10.1007/s00247-002-0677-8