The PA projection of the abdomen: A dose reducing technique

Radiography

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-203

  Nic An Ghearr, F A ^a   Brennan, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Image quality; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; OVARY; PHANTOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; UTERUS;

EID: 0031722259     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-8174(98)80046-1     Document Type: Article

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