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Zatížení pacientek při mamografických vyšetřeních / Evaluation of patient dose in mammography

Breast cancer presents serious epidemiological problem, in result of which die more than 2 000 czech women every year. Screening mammography is one of the most expanded and most effective examinations for early detection of this desease but one has to take into account an inconsiderable risk connected with the procedure based on X-ray ionizing radiation. This diploma thesis deals with evaluation of the dose absorbed by the tissue. It contains the description of evaluation of the average dose in glandular tissue on PMMA phantom, as well as results of the measurements on conventional and digital mammograph. A data file with exposure parameters from mammography screening is included and interpreted. Also the Monte Carlo method was used for the dose evaluation, the thesis contains the brief description of the method, concept of analysis model in mammography and results of simulations.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:217217
Date January 2008
CreatorsPolášková, Markéta
ContributorsSekora, Jiří, Kolářová, Jana
PublisherVysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageCzech
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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