Monitoring and correction of multiple scatter during clinical Compton scatter densitometry measurements

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2399-2410

  Mooney, M J ^a   Naga, S S D ^a   Speller, R D ^a   Koligliatis, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMUR NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BONE AND BONES; DENSITOMETRY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0029958334     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/11/011     Document Type: Article

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