A standard approach to measurement uncertainties for scientists and engineers in medicine

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-139

  Gregory, Kent ^a,b   Bibbo, G ^a,c   Pattison, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Error; GUM; Measurement; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HEALTH CARE; MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS; GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENT (GUM); INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO); MEDICAL PHYSICS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 21844441622     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178705     Document Type: Article

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