Patient dose measurement in common medical X-ray examinations in Iran
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Patient dose measurement in common medical X‐ray examinations in Iran
The main purpose of this study was to investigate patient dose in the chest (PA/AP/LAT) and skull (PA/AP/LAT) X-ray examinations, as frequent procedures. The study was performed in eight public hospitals of Khuzestan province, Iran. Patient dosimetry was conducted on 567 standard patient X-ray examinations (males: 61.2%, female: 38.2%). Dosimetry protocol in this study was indirect method, acco...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1526-9914
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v17i1.5860