Radiation exposure to cardiologists performing interventional cardiology procedures

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 268-273

  Delichas, Miltiadis ^a   Psarrakos, Kyriakos ^a   Molyvda Athanassopoulou, Elisabeth ^a   Giannoglou, Georgios ^a   Sioundas, Anastasios ^a   Hatziioannou, Konstantinos ^b   Papanastassiou, Emmanouil ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dose area product; Effective dose; Interventional cardiology; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION EFFECTS; X RAYS;

DOSE AREA PRODUCT (DAP);

CARDIOLOGY;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; WORKLOAD; X RAY;

EID: 0344925601     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(03)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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