Establishment of radiation qualities for mammography according to the IEC 61267 and TRS 457

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-51

  Pires, Evandro J ^a   David, Mariano G ^a   Peixoto, J Guilherme ^b   deAlmeida, Carlos E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79954484253     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq368     Document Type: Article

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