Characteristics of radiation detectors for diagnostic radiology

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-136

  Dewerd, Larry A ^a   Wagner, Louis K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; RADIOLOGY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

LUMINESCENT DETECTORS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SEMICONDUCTOR; X RAY;

EID: 0032950396     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00044-X     Document Type: Article

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