An overview of measuring and modelling dose and risk from ionising radiation for medical exposures

Radiography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 323-332

  Tootell, Andrew ^a   Szczepura, Katy ^a   Hogg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose; Monte Carlo method; Radiography; Risk; Thermoluminescent dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

EID: 84908502406     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: 15322831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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