Ct equipment and performance issues: Radiation protection 162

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-196

  Edyvean, S ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873839504     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs285     Document Type: Article

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