A survey of patient dose and clinical factors in a full-field digital mammography system

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 375-379

  Moran P ^a   Chevalier, M ^a   Ten, J I ^b   Fernandez Soto J M ^b   Vano E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THICKNESS; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 21244490475     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch514     Document Type: Article

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