Estimation of absorbed doses from paediatric cone-beam CT scans: Mosfet measurements and Monte Carlo simulations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-263

  Kim, Sangroh ^a   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^b   Toncheva, Greta ^b   Frush, Donald P ^b   Fang Fang Yin, ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77950308888     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp257     Document Type: Article

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