Patient dosimetry during interventional cardiology procedures

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 151-154

  Neofotistou, V ^a   Karoussou, A ^b   Lobotesi, H ^a   Hourdakis, K ^c  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^c Atomic Energy Commission   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; PATIENT; RADIATION; RISK; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0032444421     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032493     Document Type: Conference Paper

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