Establishing a quality control program for an automated dosimetry system

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1732-1737

  Li, Shuling ^a   O'Dea, Thomas J ^a   Geise, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic x ray imaging; Dosimetry; Fluoroscopy; Quality control; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE TESTING;

DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; LONG TERM RECORDS; PATIENT DOSE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SYSTEM FAILURES; SYSTEM MONITORING; TEST METHODOLOGY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

EID: 0032803974     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598665     Document Type: Article

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