Suitability of laser stimulated TLD arrays as patient dose monitors in high dose x-ray imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1643-1646

  Geise, R A ^a   Schueler, B A ^a,c   Lien, W ^a   Jones, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Intl Sensor Technol/Keithley I   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Dosimetry; Interventional radiology; Skin dose; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BEAM INCIDENCE ANGLE; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SKIN DOSE; SKIN ENTRANCE DOSE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; X RAY;

EID: 0030801755     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597973     Document Type: Article

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