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Scope and object

This International Standard specifies the performance and testing of DOSE AREA PRODUCT METERS with IONIZATION CHAMBERS intended to measure DOSE AREA PRODUCT and/or DOSE AREA PRODUCT RATE to which the PATIENT is exposed during MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

The object of this International Standard is

1) to establish requirements for a satisfactory level of performance for DOSE AREA PRODUCT METERS, and

2) to standardize the methods for the determination of compliance with this level of performance.