Dosimetric evaluation of a 320 detector row CT scanner unit

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-67

  De Denaro, Mario ^a   Bregant, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

computed tomography dose index; dose profile; Gafchromic film; multislice CT; pencil chamber

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DOSIMETRY; FILM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM;

EID: 79952024810     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-010-0049-1     Document Type: Article

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