Dose-reducing strategies in combination offers substantial potential benefits to females requiring X-ray examination

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-132

  Grondin, Y ^b   Matthews, K ^a   McEntee, M ^a   Rainford, L ^a   Casey, M ^c   Tonra, M ^a   Al Qattan, E ^a   McCrudden, T ^a   Foley, M ^a   Brennan, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; HOSPITAL; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; LUMBAR SPINE; METHODOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHANTOM; PREGNANCY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; STANDARD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

CARBON; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPINE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; X-RAYS;

EID: 12144291228     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch015     Document Type: Article

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