Mammography dosimetry using an in-house developed polymethyl methacrylate phantom

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-385

  Sharma, Reena ^a   Sharma, Sunil Dutt ^a   Mayya, Y S ^a   Chourasiya, G ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BREAST; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INDIA; INSTRUMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

BREAST; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 84865542815     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr476     Document Type: Article

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