Forward-scattered radiation from the compression paddle should be considered in glandular dose estimations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 196-201

  Hemdal, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; BREAST; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY;

AIR; BREAST; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 81255166888     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr292     Document Type: Article

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