Calculation of organ doses in x-ray examinations of premature babies

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 556-568

  Smans, Kristien ^a,b   Tapiovaara, Markku ^c   Cannie, Mieke ^a   Struelens, Lara ^b   Vanhavere, Filip ^b   Smet, Marleen ^a   Bosmans, Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Organ dose; Premature babies; Voxel phantom

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; IRRADIATION GEOMETRIES; LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL PHANTOMS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; ORGAN DOSE; PREMATURE BABY; VOXEL PHANTOMS;

PHANTOMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 38849104535     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2828183     Document Type: Article

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