Patient dose, image quality and radiographic techniques for common X ray examinations in two Greek hospitals and comparison with European guidelines

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-48

  Papadimitriou, D ^a   Perris, A ^b   Molfetas, M G ^c   Panagiotakis, N ^d   Manetou, A ^e   Tsourouflis, G ^d   Vassileva, J ^f   Chronopoulos, P ^e   Karapanagiotou, O ^e   Kottou, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e NIMTS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f SHUMEN UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; GREECE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMBAR SPINE; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY PICTURE;

EID: 0034925240     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006521     Document Type: Article

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