A special ionisation chamber for quality control of diagnostic and mammography X ray equipment

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-45

  Costa, A M ^a   Caldas, L V E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POLARIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0037821660     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006161     Document Type: Article

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