Bulgarian experience in the establishment of reference dose levels and implementation of a quality control system in diagnostic radiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 131-134

  Vassileva, J ^a   Dimov, A ^a   Slavchev, A ^a   Karadjov, A ^a  

^a National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXPERT; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

BULGARIA; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; X-RAYS;

EID: 33645224748     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci720     Document Type: Article

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