The dose from compton backscatter screening

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Rez, Peter ^a   Metzger, Robert L ^b   Mossman, Kenneth L ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Radiation Safety Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; X RAY;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 79953021676     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq358     Document Type: Article

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