Dosimetric aspects of a national survey of diagnostic and interventional radiology in Switzerland

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2247-2259

  Aroua, A ^a   Decka, I ^a   Burnand, B ^b   Vader, J P ^b   Valley, J F ^a  

^a Institut Universitaire de Radiophysique Appliquee   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology; Dosimetric modeling; Interventional procedures; Patient dosimetry; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY;

CONVERSION FACTOR; DETECTION SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; DOSIMETRIC MODELS; INDIVIDUAL DOSE; INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NATIONAL SURVEYS;

DOSIMETRY;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL RADIOLOGY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUMBAR SPINE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SWITZERLAND; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0036799085     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1508380     Document Type: Article

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