Patient Radiation Doses from Adult and Pediatric CT

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Walter Huda · SUNY Upstate Medical University

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Representative organ absorbed doses in CT are substantially lower than threshold doses for the induction of deterministic effects, and effective doses are comparable to annual doses from natural background radiation.

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Radiation Dose and Imaging Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications

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Published in: American Journal of Roentgenology

Volume 188, Issue 2, pp. 540-546

DOI: 10.2214/ajr.06.0101

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Patient Radiation Doses from Adult and Pediatric CT

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