Estimating Effective Dose of Radiation From Pediatric Cardiac CT Angiography Using a 64-MDCT Scanner: New Conversion Factors Relating Dose-Length Product to Effective Dose
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Cardiac-Specific Conversion Factors to Estimate Radiation Effective Dose From Dose-Length Product in Computed Tomography.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.15.15908