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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical School, Manchester.Issue Date
1989-11
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Irradiation of the lens of the eye in dacrocystography is largely avoidable. We have measured the lens dosage in bilateral dacrocystography in vivo and in a phantom. We describe simple protective measures which can reduce the lens dosage by over 95% to less than one mGy.Citation
Reduction of ocular lens dosage in dacrocystography. 1989, 40 (6):615-8 Clin RadiolJournal
Clinical RadiologyDOI
10.1016/S0009-9260(89)80323-XPubMed ID
2598588Type
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0009-9260EISSN
1365-229Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/S0009-9260(89)80323-X
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