Reduction of radiation dose to the female breast: Preliminary data with a custom-designed tungsten-antimony composite breast shield

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-239

  Parker, Mark S ^a   Chung, Jiyearn K ^a   Fatouros, Panos P ^a   Hoots, Jessica A ^a   Kelleher, Nicole M ^a   Benedict, Stanley H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimony; Breast shield; Multi detector computed tomography; Radiation exposure; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; MODEL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 33751023744     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: 1537064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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