Comparison of eye lens dose measurement techniques in imaging and interventions of the lachrymal drainage system

Physica Medica

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 95-100

  Meric N ^a   Bor, D ^b   Ilgit, E T ^c   Oznur I ^c   Buget N ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lens; Monte Carlo; Patient dose; Radiation; Rando Phantom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LENS; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 0031735169     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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