Interlaboratory comparison and accreditation in quality control testing of diagnostic X-ray equipment

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 198-200

  Kepler, Kalle ^a   Vladimirov, Anatoli ^a   Servomaa, Antti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; ESTONIA; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY;

ACCREDITATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; X-RAYS;

EID: 21244441935     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch549     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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3. International Organization for Standardization. General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. ISO/IEC 17025 (Geneva: ISO) (1999).
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