Diagnostic and interventional radiology: A strategy to introduce reference dose level taking into account the national practice

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 188-191

  Verdun, Francis R ^a   Aroua, A ^a   Trueb, Ph R ^b   Vock, P ^c   Valley, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BARIUM MEAL; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 21244478261     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch547     Document Type: Article

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