Radiation shielding implications of computed tomography scatter exposure to the floor

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-196

  Langer, Steve G ^a,b   Gray, Joel E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure, personnel; Medical radiation; Scattering; Shielding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

EID: 0031868394     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199808000-00012     Document Type: Article

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