Patient dose audit in diagnostic radiography using custom designed software

Radiography

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Davies, Martin ^a   McCallum, Hazel ^a   White, Gillian ^b   Brown, Julie ^c   Helm, Mike ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University Hospital of Hartlepool   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calculation; Computer; Measurement; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031055956     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-8174(97)80021-1     Document Type: Article

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