Paediatric x-ray examinations in Rio de Janeiro

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3723-3732

  Azevedo, A C P ^a   Osibote, O A ^a   Boechat, M C B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOSIMETERS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ALARA PRINCIPLE; DOSECAL SOFTWARE; PAEDIATRIC; RIO DE JANEIRO;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; X-RAYS;

EID: 33746489954     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/15/008     Document Type: Article

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