Patient radiation exposure in uterine artery embolization of leiomyomata: Calculation of organ doses and effective dose

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 842-848

  Vetter, S ^a   Schultz, F W ^b   Strecker, E P ^a   Zoetelief, J ^b  

^a Diakonissenkrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Embolization; Fibroids; Monte Carlo simulation; Radiation exposure; Uterine arteries; Uterus

Indexed keywords

'CONTOUR'; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ARTERIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 2542462182     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2088-0     Document Type: Article

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