Application of MOSFET detectors for dosimetry in small animal radiography using short exposure times

Radiation Research

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 260-263

  De Ming, Lin ^a,b   Toncheva, Greta ^c   Nguyen, Giao ^c   Kim, Sangroh ^a   Anderson Evans, Colin ^c   Johnson, G Allan ^a,b,c   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^a,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSISTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 49249094515     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1328.1     Document Type: Article

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