Evaluation of dose area product vs. patient dose in diagnostic X-ray units

Physica Medica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-120

  Kisielewicz, K ^a   Truszkiewicz, A ^b   Wach, S ^c   Wasilewska Radwanska M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Regional Hospital Rzeszow   (Poland)

^c Radcard sc Company   (Poland)

^d AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

DAP; Dose; ESD; TLD measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE AREA PRODUCT; DOSIMETRY; ENTRANCE SURFACE DOSE; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY;

HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 79953211070     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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