CT dose index and patient dose: they are not the same thing.
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1148/radiol.11101800 and PMC identifier 3079120.
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Abstract
Estimates of individual patient risk, and epidemiologic studies assessing potential late effects, must use patient size–specific dose estimates—they cannot use only scanner output (volume CT dose index or dose-length product).
Medical subject headings
- Radiation Dosage
- Radiometry
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed