Local reference doses during cardiology procedures

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 149-150

  Broadhead, D A ^a,c   Chapple, C L ^a   Faulkner, K ^a   Davies, M L ^b   McCallum, H ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QADOS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CARDIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DOSIMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032413852     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032491     Document Type: Conference Paper

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