Preventable exposure in routine chest CT examinations: evaluation of effective dose beyond prescribed anatomical landmarks
| Autor: | Bárbara, Ana Rita, Ferreira, Joana, Lança, Luís |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Popis: | Objective - Evaluate preventable exposure dose in routine chest CT examinations beyond prescribed anatomical landmarks and estimate extra dose delivered to the patient. Background/rationale - Recent technical advances have greatly increased the clinical applications of CT; developments in multidetector-row CT (MDCT) technology have occurred; the major disadvantage with the increased use of MDCT is associated radiation exposure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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