Validating methodologies for evaluation of patient doses submitted to chest x-ray examinations

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-402

  De Oliveira, P M C ^a   Squair, P L ^b   De Oliveira, V L S ^a   Abrantes, M E S ^a   Alonso, T C ^b   Da Silva, T A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chest examination; Patient dose; PCXMC ; Rando Alderson phantom

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS; RADIATION PROTECTION;

ABSORBED DOSE; CHEST EXAMINATION; CHEST X-RAYS; COMPUTATIONAL SOFTWARE; PATIENT DOSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

MEDICAL PHYSICS;

EID: 77950179451     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03902-7_113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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