Minimizing radiation-induced skin injury in interventional radiology procedures

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 329-336

  Miller, Donald L ^a   Balter, Stephen ^a   Noonan, Patrick T ^a   Georgia, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy, technology; Radiations, exposure to patients and personnel; Radiations, injurious effects; Radiations, measurement; Radiology and radiologists, How I Do It

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETER; ERYTHEMA; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SEMICONDUCTOR; SKIN INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; X RAY;

EID: 0036828515     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2252011414     Document Type: Article

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