Overview of patient dosimetry in diagnostic radiology in the USA for the past 50 years

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5713-5728

  Huda, Walter ^a   Nickoloff, Edward L ^b   Boone, John M ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Fluoroscopy; Mammography; Patient dosimetry; Radiation; Radiography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; HEAT RADIATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PHYSICS; RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SCANNING; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; FLUOROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; SCREENING PROCEDURES; SINGLE-SLICE SCANNERS; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56749149859     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3013604     Document Type: Review

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