Radiation dose reduction in invasive cardiology by restriction to adequate instead of optimized picture quality

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 626-631

  Kuon, Eberhard ^a   Dorn, Christian ^a   Schmitt, Moritz ^a   Dahm, Johannes B ^b  

^a Klinik Fraenkische Schweiz   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Exposure, radiation; Imaging; Medical radiation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETERIZATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AGED; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0037404068     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200305000-00008     Document Type: Article

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