Measurement of skin entrance exposure with a dose-area-product meter at chest radiography

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 574-575

  Parry, Cindy K ^b   Chu, Robert Y L ^b   Eaton, Bob G ^b   Chen, Ching Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology, radiation exposure; Radiations, exposure to patients and personnel; Radiations, measurement; Thorax, radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; SKIN SURFACE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029859111     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.2.8888263     Document Type: Article

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