Lumbar spine radiology: Analysis of the posteroanterior projection

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1197-1201

  Brennan, P C ^a   Madigan, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Image quality; Radiation dose; Tissue displacement

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMBAR SPINE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 0033947448     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003309900272     Document Type: Article

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