An overview on extremity dosimetry in medical applications

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 350-355

  Vanhavere, Filip ^a   Carinou, E ^b   Donadille, L ^c   Ginjaume, M ^d   Jankowski, J ^e   Rimpler, A ^f   Sans Merce, M ^g  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^f BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^g Institut Universitaire de Radiophysique Appliquee   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ACCURACY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIMB; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; SKIN; BODY BURDEN; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BODY BURDEN; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 55249126176     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn149     Document Type: Review

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