Radiation dose and image quality in neuroangiography: Effects of increased tube voltage, added x-ray filtration and antiscatter grid removal

Interventional Neuroradiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-207

  Soderman M ^a   Hansson, B ^a   Axelsson, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiography; Embolisation; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 0031714161     PISSN: 11239344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/159101999800400304     Document Type: Article

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