Low-cost metaphase finder system

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-275

  Furukawa, Akira ^a   Minamihisamatsu, Masako ^a   Hayata, Isamu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Chromosome aberration; Dose assessment; Dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; METAPHASE; METHODOLOGY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MICROSCOPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL NUCLEUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAPAN; METAPHASE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MICROSCOPY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 75649151705     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181b357c1     Document Type: Article

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