A study of patient radiation doses in interventional radiological procedures

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue FEB., 1998, Pages 175-185

  McParland, B J ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROSTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENT;

EID: 0031885073     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.71.842.9579182     Document Type: Article

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