Dose measurements in inhomogenous bone/tissue and lung/tissue phantoms for angiography using synchrotron radiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 717-728

  Nariyama, Nobuteru ^a   Namito, Yoshihito ^b   Ban, Syuichi ^b   Hirayama, Hideo ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM SILICATE; PHOSPHORUS;

AIR; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SYNCHROTRON; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BONE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

BONE AND BONES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LUNG; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SYNCHROTRONS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0034745486     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/3/308     Document Type: Article

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