Evaluation of the transmitted exposure through lead equivalent aprons used in a radiology department, including the contribution from backscatter

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1033-1038

  Christodoulou, Emmanuel G ^a   Goodsitt, Mitchell M ^a   Larson, Sandra C ^a   Darner, Katie L ^a   Satti, Jahangir ^a,b   Chan, Heang Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b St Joseph's Medical Center Stockton   (United States)

Author keywords

Apron; Fluoroscopy; Protection; Radiation; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; BACKSCATTERING; HEAT RADIATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; X RAYS;

APRON; FLUOROSCOPY; PROTECTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTING; RADIATION TRANSMISSION; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

TRANSMISSIONS;

LEAD;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; X RAY;

EID: 0037701348     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1573207     Document Type: Article

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