Comparison of the ANSI, RSD, KKH, and BRMD Thyroid-neck phantoms for 125I thyroid monitoring

Health Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 425-429

  Kramer, Gary H ^a   Olender, Genia ^a   Vlahovich, Slavi ^a   Hauck, Barry M ^a   Meyerhof, Dorothy P ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Operational topics; Phantom; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; PHANTOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; NECK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION MONITORING; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0030047649     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199603000-00014     Document Type: Review

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