Effective dose to the patient undergoing superior vena cava stent

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 852, 1998, Pages 1302-1305

  O'Driscoll, D ^a   Mcneil, E A ^b   Ferrando, J ^a   Slaney, P ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 0032413184     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.71.852.10319005     Document Type: Article

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