Standardization of Occupational Dose to Patient DAP Enables Reliable Assessment of Radiation-Protection Devices in Invasive Cardiology

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1545-1550

  Kuon, E ^a   Gunther M ^a   Gefeller, O ^b   Dahm, J B ^c  

^a Klinik Fraenkische Schweiz   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose area product; Interventional radiology; Radiation exposure; Radiation protection devices

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; DEVICE; DOSE AREA PRODUCT; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSTURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN;

EID: 0344665614     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43412     Document Type: Article

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