Published 1986
| Version v1
Book
Mammography - a user's guide
Creators
Description
This report is intended to be a practical guide to physicians and technologists who perform and interpret mammography and to physicists, engineers and technologists who calibrate and monitor mammographic facilities and evaluate image quality factors. The report includes seven major sections: Introduction; Breast Imaging; Dose Evaluation; Image Quality; Quality Assurance; Other Breast Imaging Methods; and Benefits and Risks of Mammography. Also included are a summary and conclusions, various appendices and an extensive bibliography. 335 references
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.
- Imprint Place
- Bethesda, MD (USA)
- ISBN
- 0-913392-79-0
- Imprint Pagination
- 186 p.
- Series
- NCRP Report No. 85.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17082710
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; MAMMARY GLANDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; GLANDS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEDICINE; ORGANS