The ICRU (International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements): Its contribution to dosimetry in diagnostic and interventional radiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 7-12

  Wambersie, A ^a,b   Zoetelief, J ^c   Menzel, H G ^d   Paretzke, H ^e  

^a ICRU   (United States)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; X RAY;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROBABILITY; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; WATER;

EID: 33645239615     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci701     Document Type: Article

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