A new Diamentor for measuring kerma-area product and air-kerma simultaneously

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1954-1959

  Gfirtner, Hans ^a   Stieve, Friedrich Ernst ^b   Wild, Johannes ^a  

^a Klinikum Passau   (Germany)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air kerma; Diagnostic radiology; Dose area product; Patient radiation protection

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION PROTECTION;

ADDITIONAL FILTERS; AIR KERMA; BACKSCATTERED RADIATION; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CLOSE PROXIMITY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; DOSE AREA PRODUCT; LARGER FIELDS;

CALIBRATION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031466298     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598109     Document Type: Article

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