Radiation from "extra" images acquired with abdominal and/or pelvic CT: effect of automatic tube current modulation.

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Published in Radiology on August 01, 2004

Authors

Mannudeep K Kalra1, Michael M Maher, Thomas L Toth, Ravi S Kamath, Elkan F Halpern, Sanjay Saini

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, White 270-E, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mannudeep_k_kalra@yahoo.com

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