Patient dosimetry in arteriography of the lower limbs. Part I: Quantification of exposure

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-36

  Kicken, P J H ^a,b   Kemerink, G J ^a   Van Engelshoven, J M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PATIENT; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; POSITION; PUNCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0032928436     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032566     Document Type: Article

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