Running the numbers.(MRI & CT)

From: Medical Imaging | Date: September 1, 2006 | Copyright information

605 reduction in radiation dose can be achieved for pediatric patients undergoing abdominal CT by using a new technique developed by Soroosh Mahboubi, MD, et al, at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who presented results of their study at the May meeting of the American Roent...

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