Relationship between radiographic techniques (kilovolt and milliampere-second) and CTDIvol

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Elojeimy, Saeed ^a   Tipnis, Sameer ^a   Huda, Walter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 77955894079     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq138     Document Type: Article

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