Effect of thyroid shielding during mammography: measurements on phantom and patient as well as estimation with Monte Carlo simulation

BACKGROUND: During mammography, the thyroid is exposed to scattered radiation from breast tissue and the device. This may increase the risk of radiation induced thyroid cancer. METHODS: We investigated the scatter radiation exposition of the thyroid and the effect of a tailored thyroid protection in...

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Autores principales: Pyka, Miriam, Eschle, Patrik, Sommer, Christian, Weyland, Mathias S., Kubik, Rahel, Scheidegger, Stephan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29984353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41747-018-0042-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29984353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41747-018-0042-9

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