First report of radiation dose to pediatric patients arising from diagnostic chest and abdomen examination

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 93-95

  Malekzadeh, M ^a   Toossi, M T Bahreyni ^a   Rodi, Sh Bayani ^a   Shakeri, M T ^b   Akbari, F ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiation; Entrance surface dose; Pediatric; Thermoluminescence dosimeter

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH DOSE; MASHHAD; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SURFACE DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TUBE VOLTAGES;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 77950122034     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03902-7_27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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