Physical dose quantities in computed tomography: How effective for describing the patient dose and the radiation risk?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 171-174

  Hidajat, N ^a   Wolf, M ^a   Felix, R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; ORGAN; PATIENT; PHANTOM; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD;

EID: 0032443167     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032498     Document Type: Conference Paper

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