Radiation doses of collimated vs non-collimated cephalometric exposures

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-133

  Gijbels, F ^a   Sanderink, G ^b   Wyatt, J ^a   Van Dam, J ^c   Nowak, B ^c   Jacobs, R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collimation; Radiation dosage; Radiography, cephalometric; Radiography, dental

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LENS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; SALIVARY GLAND; SKIN; SKULL; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THYROID GLAND;

BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; FACE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SALIVARY GLANDS; SKIN; SKULL; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0042422043     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/33233723     Document Type: Article

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