Do metallic endoprostheses increase radiation dose associated with automatic tube-current modulation in abdominal-pelvic MDCT? A phantom and patient study.

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Published in AJR Am J Roentgenol on February 01, 2005

Authors

Stefania M R Rizzo1, Mannudeep K Kalra, Michael M Maher, Michael A Blake, Thomas L Toth, 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.

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