Radiation dose from a linear slit scanning X-ray machine with full-body imaging capabilities

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 482-489

  Irving, Benjamin J ^a   Maree, G J ^b   Hering, E R ^b   Douglas, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR SLIT SCANNING X RAY MACHINE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS;

EID: 54949148730     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn073     Document Type: Article

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