Radiation dose reduction to the male gonads during MDCT: The effectiveness of a lead shield

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 128-130

  Hohl, Christian ^a   Mahnken, Andreas H ^a   Klotz, Ernst ^b   Das, Marco ^a   Stargardt, Achim ^a   Mühlenbruch, Georg ^a   Schmidt, Thorsten ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a   Wildberger, Joachim E ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GONAD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 11144347086     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.1.01840128     Document Type: Article

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