Impact of new digital X- and gamma ray imaging systems upon patient doses

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 153-163

  Speller, Robert ^a   Royle, Gary ^a   Scannavini, Maria Giulia ^a   Horrocks, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARTICLE DETECTORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATION PROTECTION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DIGITAL GAMMA RAY IMAGING SYSTEMS; DIGITAL SENSORS; DIGITAL X RAY IMAGING SYSTEMS;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

SELENIUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY;

FLUOROSCOPY; GAMMA CAMERAS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 0032941465     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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