A study on radiation doses and irradiated areas in cerebral embolisation

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 908, 2003, Pages 546-552

  Theodorakou, C ^a   Horrocks, J A ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THYROID GLAND;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0042433485     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/26353198     Document Type: Article

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