The effect of a compression paddle on energy response, calibration and measurement with mammographic dosimeters using ionization chambers and solid-state detectors

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1047-1059

  Hourdakis, C J ^a   Boziari, A ^a   Koumbouli, E ^a  

^a GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AL FOILS; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CALIBRATION QUALITIES; CLINICAL MAMMOGRAPHIES; CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS; DOSE MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY RESPONSE; HIGH ENERGIES; MAMMOGRAPHIC; PATIENT DOSE; SOLID-STATE DETECTORS; X-RAY BEAMS; X-RAY QUALITIES; X-RAY SYSTEMS;

ALUMINUM FOIL; CALIBRATION; DETECTORS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION; SETTLING TANKS; X RAYS;

DOSIMETERS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOLID STATE;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GREECE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PALPATION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63649153563     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/4/015     Document Type: Article

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