Patient dosimetry activities in the United States: The nationwide evaluation of X-ray trends (NEXT) and tissue dose handbooks

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 247-259

  Suleiman, Orhan H ^a   Stern, Stanley H ^a   Spelic, David C ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DOSIMETRY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN; TISSUE; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

PATIENT DOSIMETRY; TISSUE DOSE HANDBOOKS;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; X RAY;

EID: 0032964526     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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