Showing papers by "Rosalyn S. Yalow published in 1950"
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TL;DR: The earlier information is consolidated and used to prepare a simple nomogram which will enable a roentgenologist, using his own particular technics, to determine the skin dose received by his patients.
Abstract: Many papers have been published containing tables and charts (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8) designed to aid the roentgenologist in determining the number of roentgens delivered to the skin of a patient undergoing diagnostic radiologic procedures, roentgenographic, fluoroscopic, or both. Since these tables do not give the dose per milliampere-second as a continuous function of target-skin distance and of x-ray tube voltage, their usefulness is limited. In the present paper the earlier information is consolidated and used to prepare a simple nomogram which will enable a roentgenologist, using his own particular technics, to determine the skin dose received by his patients. In a roentgenographic procedure one should attempt to produce on the film an image of suitable contrast and sufficient density with a minimum skin dose. Similarly, in a fluoroscopic examination the image on the fluorescent screen should have sufficient illumination and contrast with a minimum skin dose. Earlier work (1) has shown that to obtain this ...
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