Entrance surface dose measurement on the thyroid gland in orthopantomography: The need for optimization

Iranian Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-26

  Mortazavi, S M J ^a   Ghiassi Nejad, M ^b   Bakhshi, M ^a   Jafari Zadeh, M ^b   Kavousi, A ^a   Ahmadi, J ^c   Shareghi, A ^a  

^a RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Ali Ebne Abitaleb Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Entrance surface dose; OPG; Orthopantomography; Panoramic radiography; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENTRANCE SURFACE DOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THYROID GLAND; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645790520     PISSN: 23223243     EISSN: 17284562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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