Effective dose to patients from chest examinations with tomosynthesis

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 153-158

  Båth, Magnus ^a,b   Svalkvist, Angelica ^a,b   Wrangel, Alexavon ^a   Rismyhr Olsson, Heidi ^a   Cederblad, Åke ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953336493     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq092     Document Type: Article

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