Equipment requirements and specification for digital and interventional radiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 43-48

  Zoetelief, J ^a   Faulkner, K ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT; ERGONOMICS; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION MONITOR; RADIOGRAPHY; RECORDING; TIME; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0035026684     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006477     Document Type: Article

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