QA/acceptance testing of DEXA X-ray systems used in bone mineral densitometry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 279-283

  Larkin, A ^a   Sheahan, N ^a   O'Connor, U ^a   Gray, L ^a   Dowling, A ^a   Vano, E ^b   Torbica, P ^c   Salat, D ^d   Schreiner, A ^e   Neofotistou, V ^f   Malone, J F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d Department of Medicontrol ^*  (Slovakia)

^e Division de la Radioprotection   (Luxembourg)

^f G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EUROPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; BONE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 55249086075     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn086     Document Type: Article

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