Image quality and radiation dose from pediatric abdomen-pelvis CT scans

Open Access

Issue		Radioprotection Volume 60, Number 2, Avril-Juin 2025


Page(s)		144 - 151
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2024046
Published online		13 June 2025

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