A simple method for evaluation of half-value layer variation in CT equipment

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1595-1601

  Maia, Ana F ^a   Caldas, Linda V E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOLOGY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY RADIATION BEAMS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; STANDARD RADIATION BEAMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ALUMINUM; CALIBRATION; COPPER; HUMANS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 33644681169     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/6/016     Document Type: Article

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