Dose and image quality optimization in neonatal radiography

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 958, 2007, Pages 807-815

  Dougeni, E D ^a   Delis, H B ^a   Karatza, A A ^a   Kalogeropoulou, C P ^a   Skiadopoulos, S G ^a   Mantagos, S P ^a   Panayiotakis, George S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 36749094056     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/77948690     Document Type: Article

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