The Relationship of Body Mass Index and Abdominal Fat on the Radiation Dose Received during Routine Computed Tomographic Imaging of the Abdomen and Pelvis - Concepedia

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The Relationship of Body Mass Index and Abdominal Fat on the Radiation Dose Received during Routine Computed Tomographic Imaging of the Abdomen and Pelvis

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2011

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Victoria Chan, Shaunagh McDermott, Orla Buckley, Sonya Allen, Michael Casey, R O'Laoide, William C. Torreggiani

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Abstract

Increasing BMI and abdominal fat significantly increases the effective dose received from CT abdomen and pelvis scans.

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