Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , January 2012

Patient dosimetry and a novel approach to establishing Diagnostic Reference Levels in dental radiology

  • Christopher Walker

      Affiliations

    • Physics Department, St Lukes Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Wil van der Putten

      Affiliations

    • Physics Department, St Lukes Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland
    • School of Physics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Received 27 August 2010 ,Revised 27 November 2010 ,Accepted 13 December 2010.

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    Frequency versus entrance surface dose for the 33 units included in the Adult Mandibular Molar Intra-Oral DRL statistic.

    Frequency versus entrance surface dose for the 33 units included in the Adult Mandibular Molar Intra-Oral DRL statistic.

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    Frequency versus mGy/mAs for the 198 units included in the mGy/mAs Intra-Oral analysis.

    Frequency versus mGy/mAs for the 198 units included in the mGy/mAs Intra-Oral analysis.

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    Frequency versus Dose Width Product (mGymm) for the 50 units included in the Panoramic data analysis.

    Frequency versus Dose Width Product (mGymm) for the 50 units included in the Panoramic data analysis.

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    Thyroid dose vs. number of photons simulated in PCXMC. Data points are the thyroid dose predicted by the programme with the error bars determined from the error reported.

    Thyroid dose vs. number of photons simulated in PCXMC. Data points are the thyroid dose predicted by the programme with the error bars determined from the error reported.

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    Illustrating the effect of X-ray simulation numbers for thyroid dose in the Panoramic case.

    Illustrating the effect of X-ray simulation numbers for thyroid dose in the Panoramic case.

PII: S1120-1797(10)00079-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2010.12.003

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , January 2012

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