Comparison of two dose-area-product ionization chambers with different conductive surface coating for over-table and under-table tube configurations

Health Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 316-321

  Bednarek, Daniel R ^b   Rudin, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Detector; Diagnostic radiology; Ionization chambers; Patient protection; Radiation

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENERGY; GERMANY; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033951130     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200003000-00010     Document Type: Article

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