Further factors for the estimation of mean glandular dose using the United Kingdom, European and IAEA breast dosimetry protocols

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4361-4372

  Dance, D R ^a   Young, K C ^a,b   Van Engen, R E ^c  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DOSIMETRY; TUNGSTEN;

EQUIVALENT THICKNESS; MEAN GLANDULAR DOSE; S-FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; X-RAY SPECTRA;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM; BREAST; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD;

BREAST; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 70349576329     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/14/002     Document Type: Article

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