Investigation of the dosimetry of chest tomosynthesis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Svalkvist, Angelica ^a,b   Zachrisson, Sara ^a,b   Månsson, Lars Gunnar ^a,b   Båth, Magnus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chest tomosynthesis; Patient dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR INTERVALS; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; CHEST TOMOSYNTHESIS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; LOW DOSE; MONTE CARLO; PATIENT DOSIMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; WORD PROCESSING; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66749105800     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.810256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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