Evaluation of an on-line patient exposure meter in neuroradiology

Radiology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 837-842

  Gkanatsios, Nikolaos A ^a   Huda, Walter ^a   Peters, Keith R ^a   Freeman, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interventional procedures; Radiations, exposure to patients and personnel; Radiations, measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURORADIOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; SKIN;

EID: 0030926810     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.203.3.9169713     Document Type: Article

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