Excess of Radiation Burden for Young Testicular Cancer Patients using Automatic Exposure Control and Contrast Agent on Whole-body Computed Tomography Imaging

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to assess patient dose from whole-body computed tomography (CT) in association with patient size, automatic exposure control (AEC) and intravenous (IV) contrast agent. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Sixty-five testicular cancer patients (mean age 28 years) underwent altog...

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Autores principales: Niiniviita, Hannele, Kulmala, Jarmo, Pölönen, Tuukka, Määttänen, Heli, Järvinen, Hannu, Salminen, Eeva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: De Gruyter Open 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28740460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/raon-2017-0012

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28740460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/raon-2017-0012

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