Comparison of mammography radiation dose values obtained from direct incident air kerma measurements with values from measured X-ray spectral data

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 551-560

  Assiamah, M ^a   Nam, T L ^a   Keddy, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air kerma; Bremsstrahlung; Contrast; Mammography X ray beam; Mean glandular dose; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS; X RAYS;

MEAN GRANDULAR DOSE (MGD); TUBE LOADING (TL); X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; X-RAYS;

EID: 13444271654     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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