Eye lens dosimetry: Task 2 within the oramed project

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 473-477

  Gualdrini, G ^a   Mariotti, F ^a   Wach, S ^b   Bilski, P ^b   Denoziere, M ^c   Daures, J ^c   Bordy, J M ^c   Ferrari, P ^a   Monteventi, F ^a   Fantuzzi, E ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b RADCARD   (Poland)

^c LABORATOIRE NATIONAL HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LENS; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 79953739421     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr011     Document Type: Article

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