Patient dosimetry in abdominal arteriography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1133-1145

  Kemerink, G J ^a   Kicken, P J H ^a,b   Schultz, F W ^c   Zoetelief, J ^c   Van Engelshoven, J M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0032908033     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/5/002     Document Type: Article

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