A direct method for air kerma-length product measurement in CT for verification Of dose display calibrations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-280

  Merimaa, Katja ^a   Jarvinen, Hannu ^a   Kortesniemi, Mika ^b   Karppinen, Juhani ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINLAND; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; CALIBRATION; FINLAND; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954697189     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq121     Document Type: Article

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