Radiation risk assessment in neonatal radiographic examinations of the chest and abdomen: A clinical and Monte Carlo dosimetry study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 5023-5033

  Makri, T ^a,b   Yakoumakis, E ^a   Papadopoulou, D ^a   Gialousis, G ^a   Theodoropoulos, V ^b   Sandilos, P ^c   Georgiou, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Ag Sofia Hospital   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTRANCE SURFACE DOSE (ESD); MATHEMATICAL PHANTOMS; NEONATAL RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; NEONATES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETERS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEONATAL MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; THORAX;

EID: 33748937503     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/19/019     Document Type: Article

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