Radiography
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 131-135, May 2010

The effect of patient shield position on gonad dose during lumbar spine radiography

  • Conor L. Clancy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, Garden Hill House, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin, Ireland
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  • Geraldine O'Reilly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, Garden Hill House, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Patrick C. Brennan

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Medical Radiation Sciences, C42 - Cumberland Campus, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe NSW 2141, Australia
    • ,
  • Mark F. McEntee

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine and Medical Science, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 1 7166536; fax: +353 1 7166547.

Received 3 March 2009; received in revised form 28 September 2009; accepted 3 October 2009.

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PII: S1078-8174(09)00098-4

doi:10.1016/j.radi.2009.10.004

Radiography
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 131-135, May 2010

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