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Pilot study of patient and phantom breast dose measurements in Bulgaria

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
Volume 14 (2008): Issue 1 (March 2008)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-008-0003-3 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 (formerly 1425-4689) | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
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Language: English
Page range: 21 - 32
Published on: Dec 29, 2008
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
breast,
mean glandular dose,
phantom,
mammography,
conversion factor
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Technical and applied physics,
Medical physics

© 2008 Simona Avramova-Cholakova, Jenia Vassileva, published by Polish Society of Medical Physics
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