Preliminary results of performance testing in diagnostic radiology facilities: Implementation of harmonized IAEA protocol for Africa-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Preliminary results of performance testing in diagnostic radiology facilities: Implementation of harmonized IAEA protocol for Africa

Published:2023-12-28 Issue:1 Volume:14 Page:169-187
ISSN:2190-7188
Container-title:Health and Technology
language:en
Short-container-title:Health Technol.

Author:

Hasford Francis^ORCID,Khelassi-Toutaoui Nadia,Attalla Ehab,Sackey Theophilus,Talbi Mohammed,Ahmed Alsadeg,Darsalih Abir,Thabet Ahmad Refaat,Knoll Peter,Tsapaki Virginia

Funder

International Atomic Energy Agency

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Biomedical Engineering,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Bioengineering,Biotechnology

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12553-023-00808-5.pdf

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