A dose index as a tool to estimate paediatric patient doses in digital projection radiography

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-423

  Garcia Castañon, Paula ^a   España Lopez, Maria Luisa ^a   Fernandez Bedoya, Virginia ^a   Bermudez Luna, Rocio ^a   Rodriguez Martin, Gabriel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84861567136     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr313     Document Type: Article

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