Characteristics of dosemeter types for skin dose measurements in practice

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 185-189

  Van, Dam J ^a   Bosmans, Hilde ^a   Marchal, G ^a   Wambersie, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETER; FILM DOSIMETER; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SKIN ABSORPTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

FILM DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33645224917     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci713     Document Type: Review

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