Protocol for measurement of patient entrance surface dose rates for fluoroscopic X-ray equipment

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 852, 1998, Pages 1283-1287

  Martin, C J ^a,b   Sutton, D G ^a   Workman, A ^a   Shaw, A J ^a   Temperton, D ^a  

^a Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Physics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; WATER;

EID: 0032438335     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.71.852.10319002     Document Type: Article

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