Alara - Principle and safety problems of diagnostic ultrasound

Scripta Medica Facultatis Medicae Universitatis Brunensis Masarykianae

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 341-346

  Hlinomazova Z ^a   Hrazdira, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alara; Bioeffects; Diagnostic ultrasound; Safety indices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33748267893     PISSN: 12113395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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