Exposure Creep in Computed Radiography. A Longitudinal Study.

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 458-462

  Gibson, Dale J ^a,b   Davidson, Robert A ^b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed radiography; Digital radiography; Exposure creep; Exposure indices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPOSURE CREEP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858795082     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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