PA positioning significantly reduces testicular dose during sacroiliac joint radiography

Radiography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-338

  Mekiš, Nejc ^a   Mc Entee, Mark F ^b   Stegnar, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dose reduction; PA; Radiography; Sacroiliac joints; Scrotal shield; Testicles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; SACROILIAC JOINT; TESTIS;

EID: 77957324468     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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