Radiation dose in mass screening for gastric cancer with high-concentration barium sulfate compared with moderate-concentration barium sulfate

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-91

  Yamamoto, Kenyu ^a,b   Azuma, M ^c   Kuroda, C ^b   Kubo, T ^b   Yabunaka, K ^d   Yamazaki, H ^b   Katsuda, T ^e   Takeda, Y ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Cancer Prevention and Detection Center   (Japan)

^c OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Katsuragi Hospital   (Japan)

^e HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer mass screening; High concentration barium sulfate; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EFFECTIVE DOSE; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; GASTRIC CANCER MASS SCREENING; GASTRIC CANCERS; HIGH-CONCENTRATION BARIUM SULFATE; MEDICAL FACILITY; RADIATION DOSE;

BARIUM; DOSIMETRY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

BARIUM SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; STOMACH CANCER; X RAY TUBE;

BARIUM SULFATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; X-RAYS;

EID: 67749110181     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178633     Document Type: Article

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