Effective dose in diagnostic radiology as a function of x-ray beam filtration for a constant exit dose and constant film density

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 780-790

  Behrman, Richard H ^a   Yasuda, Gopika ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Filtration; Half value layer; Hvl; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; HOSPITALS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RARE EARTHS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; EFFECTIVE DOSE; HALF-VALUE-LAYER; RADIATION RISK; SCREEN-FILM SYSTEM; SKIN ENTRANCE DOSE; TERTIARY-CARE TEACHING HOSPITALS; X-RAY BEAM FILTRATION;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; OVARY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX; X RAY;

EID: 0031832383     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598260     Document Type: Article

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