The effect of breast shielding outside the field of view on breast entrance surface dose in axial X-ray examinations: a phantom study

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of outside-field-of-view (FOV) lead shielding on the entrance surface dose (ESD) of the breast on an anthropomorphic X-ray phantom for a variety of axial skeleton X-ray examinations. METHODS: Using an anthropomorphic phantom and radiation...

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Autores principales: Hurley, Lauren, Alashban, Yazeed, Albeshan, Salman, England, Andrew, McEntee, Mark F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2023
Materias:
Radiology Physics - Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10679606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37129301
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/dir.2023.232126

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10679606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37129301
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/dir.2023.232126

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