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Reduction of the integral absorbed dose with the aid of XRP instruments with a special rectangular collimating device
Author(s) -
Poel A. C. M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1974.tb04315.x
Subject(s) - collimated light , ionization chamber , diaphragm (acoustics) , absorbed dose , reduction (mathematics) , nuclear medicine , ionization , medicine , physics , optics , mathematics , dosimetry , geometry , acoustics , ion , laser , quantum mechanics , loudspeaker
A bstract — The surface dose at beam entrance measured by ionization chamber (Diamentor) when a long cone technique with extra diaphragm (XRP) was used showed a reduction of 50 per cent in the integral absorbed dose, 912 to 438 gram rads, for complete dental roentgenograms.