Radiography
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 333-338 , November 2010

PA positioning significantly reduces testicular dose during sacroiliac joint radiography

  • Nejc Mekiš

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
    • ,
  • Mark F. Mc Entee

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin 4, Ireland
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  • Peter Stegnar

      Affiliations

    • Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Received 14 September 2009 ,Revised 8 April 2010 ,Accepted 19 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2010.04.003

Radiography
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 333-338 , November 2010

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