Quality assurance: Using the exposure index and the deviation index to monitor radiation exposure for portable chest radiographs in neonates

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 592-601

  Cohen, Mervyn D ^a,b   Cooper, Matt L ^a   Piersall, Kelly ^a   Apgar, Bruce K ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Agfa Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviation index; Exposure index; Neonate; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; REGISTRIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79955686225     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1951-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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