Conversion coefficients for the estimation of effective doses in intraoral and panoramic dental radiology from dose-area product values

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-373

  Looe, Hui K ^a,b   Eenboom, F ^a,b   Chofor, N ^a,b   Pfaffenberger, A ^a,b   Steinhoff, M ^c   Ruhmann A ^b   Poplawski, A ^b   Willborn, K ^b   Poppe, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b PIUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c Oko Institut eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL RADIOLOGY; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAORAL RADIOGRAPHY; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SKIN; STANDARD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THYROID GLAND;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 56849108557     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn172     Document Type: Article

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