Skin dose alarm levels in cardiac angiography procedures: Is a single DAP value sufficient?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 933, 2005, Pages 803-809

  Karambatsakidou, A ^a   Tornvall, P ^a   Saleh, N ^a   Chouliaras, T ^a   Lofberg P O ^a   Fransson, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG PARENCHYMA; OPERATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INJURY; STAFF TRAINING; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FILM DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; SKIN;

EID: 24344462733     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/14000648     Document Type: Article

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