Towards a proposition of a diagnostic (dose) reference level for mammographic acquisitions in breast screening measurements in Belgium

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 321-326

  Smans, Kristien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FILTER; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY;

BELGIUM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; X-RAYS;

EID: 33645214257     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci760     Document Type: Article

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