Evaluation of protective shielding thickness for diagnostic radiology rooms: Theory and computer simulation

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-85

  Costa, Paulo R ^a   Caldas, Linda V E ^b  

^a University of São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FUNCTION EVALUATION;

AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT; ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS; ATTENUATION CURVE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; MODERN TECHNIQUES; SECONDARY RADIATIONS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING; SHIELDING CALCULATION;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0036149547     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1427309     Document Type: Article

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