Development of dosimetry using detectors of diagnostic digital radiography systems

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 166-174

  Ariga, Eiji ^a   Ito, Shigeki ^a   Deji, Shizuhiko ^a   Saze, Takuya ^b   Nishizawa, Kunihide ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose estimation; Imaging plate; Quality control; Sensitivity index

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSE ESTIMATIONS; IMAGING PLATE; JAPANESE INDUSTRY STANDARDS; NATIONAL STANDARD; SENSITIVITY INDICES; X-RAY EQUIPMENTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FILTRATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845948690     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2402911     Document Type: Article

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