Lowering the thyroid dose in screening examinations of the cervical spine

The first objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that a lower-dose (14.1 mGy thyroid dose) protocol for helical computed tomography (CT) of the entire cervical spine demonstrates equivalent technical adequacy and diagnostic accuracy as the standard-dose protocol (26.0 mGy thyroid dose) u...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emergency radiology 2006-03, Vol.12 (3), p.133-136
Hauptverfasser:	Shu, Kirstin M, MacKenzie, John D, Smith, Jesse B, Blinder, Elise M, Bourgeois, Lisa M, Ledbetter, Stephen, Castronovo, Frank P, Judy, Philip F, Rybicki, Frank
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accuracy Adolescent Adult Aged Cancer Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging Cervical Vertebrae - injuries Female Humans Male Middle Aged Radiation Dosage Radiometry - methods Spinal Fractures - diagnostic imaging Thyroid gland Thyroid Gland - radiation effects Tomography, Spiral Computed
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