Radiation exposure with use of the mini-c-arm for routine orthopaedic imaging procedures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-17

  Badman, Brian L ^a   Rill, Lynn ^a   Butkovich, Bradley ^a   Arreola, Manuel ^a   Vander Griend, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEG; MINI C ARM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGEON;

EID: 11844292534     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02162     Document Type: Article

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