Assessment of mammography spectra using compton spectrometry techniques

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 627-630

  Burgos, M C ^a   Gallardo, S ^a   Puchades, V ^b   Verdu G ^a   Rodenas J ^a   Villaescusa, J I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPTON EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; SPECTROMETER; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 31544442457     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci243     Document Type: Article

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