Techniques for reducing interventional neuroradiologic skin dose: Tube position rotation and supplemental beam filtration

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-49

  Norbash, Alexander M ^a   Busick, Don ^a   Marks, Michael P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interventional instruments; Interventional neuroradiology; Radiation, dose

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; ROTATION; SKIN; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK FACTORS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0030050484     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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