Evaluation of the transmitted exposure through lead equivalent aprons used in a radiology department, including the contribution from backscatter Emmanuel G. Christodoulou, Mitchell M. Goodsitt, Sandra C. Larson, Katie L. Darner, Jahangir Satti, and Heang-Ping Chan Citation: Medical Physics 30, 1033 (2003); doi: 10.1118/1.1573207 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1573207 View Table of Contents: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapm/journal/medphys/30/6?ver=pdfcov Published by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Articles you may be interested in FluencetoAbsorbed Dose Conversion Coefficients for Use in Radiological Protection of Embryo and Foetus Against External Exposure to Muons from 20MeV to 50GeV AIP Conf. Proc. 1034, 372 (2008); 10.1063/1.2991248 Monte Carlo simulation of backscatter from lead for clinical electron beams using EGSnrc Med. Phys. 35, 1241 (2008); 10.1118/1.2874552 A theoretical analysis of reflection of Xrays from water at energies relevant for diagnostics AIP Conf. Proc. 652, 509 (2003); 10.1063/1.1536412 Dosimetric aspects of a national survey of diagnostic and interventional radiology in Switzerland Med. Phys. 29, 2247 (2002); 10.1118/1.1508380 Evaluation of protective shielding thickness for diagnostic radiology rooms: Theory and computer simulation Med. Phys. 29, 73 (2002); 10.1118/1.1427309