Fine tuning of work practices of common radiological investigations performed using computed radiography system

Radiography

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-132

  Livingstone, Roshan S ^a   Timothy Peace, B S ^a   Sunny, S ^a   Victor Raj, D ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Computed radiography; Entrance surface dose; Optimization; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE ACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 34247362079     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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