Screening times with image intensifier in orthopaedic trauma surgery

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-266

  Sutherland, A G ^a,b   Finlayson, D F ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Image intensifier; Trauma surgery; X ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCIENCE; SCREENING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STUDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TIME; TRAUMATOLOGY;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 0031661945     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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