Dosimetric methods for and influence of exposure parameters on the establishment of reference doses in mammography

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Zoetelief, J ^a   Fitzgerald, M ^b   Leitz, W ^c   Sabel M ^d  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Statens Strålskyddinstitut   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0032412952     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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