Paediatric doses in St Petersburg hospitals
Autor: | Ilya Shatskiy, Vladislav Golikov |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Risk medicine.medical_specialty Internationality Adolescent Radiography Radiation Dosage Pediatrics Russia Kerma Radiation Protection Medicine Humans Scattering Radiation Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Medical physics Child Radiometry Paediatric patients Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Anthropometry business.industry Phantoms Imaging Air X-Rays Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Newborn St petersburg Infant General Medicine Models Theoretical Radiation Exposure Hospitals Child Preschool Female business Radiology |
Zdroj: | Radiation protection dosimetry. 165(1-4) |
ISSN: | 1742-3406 |
Popis: | The exposure of paediatric patients during X-ray examinations in St Petersburg hospitals was investigated. Data about radiography examinations were collected, and mean patient effective doses and entrance surface air kerma for each X-ray unit were estimated. The results of the study were compared with other countries practice. This data will be used to optimise paediatric conventional X-ray examinations in Russia. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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