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Mammography dosimetry : average glandular dose as a function of x-ray equipment, imaging technique, breast composition, and breast thickness
| dc.creator | Plott, Carmine Marie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-03T21:21:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-03T21:21:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-1576095 | |
| dc.description | "Major Subject: Nuclear Engineering". | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Conversion factors relating entrance skin exposure to average glandular dose are presented for x-ray equipment, imaging techniques, breast compositions, and breast thicknesses encountered in modem clinical mammography. Using thermolurninescent dosimeters, dose conversion factors and average glandular dose were determined for grid screen-film mammography as a function of the x-ray tube target-filter materials, x-ray beam quality, breast composition, and breast thickness. These data allow more realistic dose estimates that are unique to the specific imaging technique and patient's anatomy. Based upon actual patient data and equipment performance data, the range of doses for typical clinical mammography examinations are better defined by this research. | en |
| dc.format.extent | xi, 111 leaves | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Major nuclear engineering | en |
| dc.subject.classification | 1995 Dissertation P56 | |
| dc.title | Mammography dosimetry : average glandular dose as a function of x-ray equipment, imaging technique, breast composition, and breast thickness | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Ph. D | en |
| dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 35720965 |
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