Potential clinical utility of a fibre optic-coupled dosemeter for dose measurements in diagnostic radiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-87

  Jones, A Kyle ^a   Hintenlang, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; FIBER OPTICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 57849156492     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn252     Document Type: Article

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