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Investigating centering, scan length, and arm position impact on radiation dose across 4 countries from 4 continents during pandemic: Mitigating key radioprotection issues

PURPOSE: Optimization of CT scan practices can help achieve and maintain optimal radiation protection. The aim was to assess centering, scan length, and positioning of patients undergoing chest CT for suspected or known COVID-19 pneumonia and to investigate their effect on associated radiation doses...

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Autores principales: Ebrahimian, Shadi, Oliveira Bernardo, Monica, Alberto Moscatelli, Antônio, Tapajos, Juliana, Leitão Tapajós, Luciano, Jamil Khoury, Helen, Babaei, Rosa, Karimi Mobin, Hadi, Mohseni, Iman, Arru, Chiara, Carriero, Alessandro, Falaschi, Zeno, Pasche, Alessio, Saba, Luca, Homayounieh, Fatemeh, Bizzo, Bernardo C., Vassileva, Jenia, Kalra, Mannudeep K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8058535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33894582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.04.001