A conversion method of air kerma from the primary, scatter, and leakage radiations to effective dose for calculating x-ray shielding barriers in mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1367-1374

  Kharrati, Hedi ^a  

^a University of Monastir   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Air kerma; Conversion coefficients; Effective dose; Mammography x ray spectrum; Radiation protection; Shielding

Indexed keywords

RADIATION PROTECTION; SHIELDING; X RAYS;

AIR KERMA; CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; CONVERSION METHODS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; SCATTER RADIATION; X RAY SPECTRUM;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; X RAY;

EID: 18844448643     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1895526     Document Type: Article

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