Estimation of effective dose to the patient during medical x-ray examinations from measurements of the dose-area product.

Volume: 37, Issue: 11, Pages: 2117 - 2126
Published: Nov 1, 1992
Abstract
Effective dose is likely to be used as a dose index for patient exposures in diagnostic radiology. Calculation of effective dose requires estimates of doses to many organs. In the absence of such dose data it would be useful to be able to directly estimate effective dose from a quantity that can be easily measured in the x-ray room. Relationships between effective dose and each of entrance surface dose, entrance air kerma and dose-area product...
Paper Details
Title
Estimation of effective dose to the patient during medical x-ray examinations from measurements of the dose-area product.
Published Date
Nov 1, 1992
Volume
37
Issue
11
Pages
2117 - 2126
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