Paediatric dose measurement in a full-body digital radiography unit

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 990-997

  Maree, Gert Johannes ^a   Irving, Benjamin John ^b   Hering, Egbert Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Effective dose; Radiography; Slit scanning

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIATRICS; PELVIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA; THORAX;

BODY BURDEN; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 34548780794     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0565-3     Document Type: Article

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