Structural shielding design for medical x-ray imaging facilities

NCRP Report

Volumn , Issue 147, 2004, Pages

  Tenforde, Thomas S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; CONCRETE; GLASS; LEAD;

BONE DENSITOMETRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MAMMOGRAPHY; PLANNING; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; REVIEW; THICKNESS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 13544250576     PISSN: 0083209X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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