Erroneous X-ray dose measurements in paediatric cardiac investigations;Fehlerhafte dosismessungen bei kinderkardiologischen untersuchungen

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 859-861

  Onnasch, Dietrich G W ^a   Schroder F ^a   Fischer, G ^a   Kramer, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac angiography; Paediatric cardiology; Quality control; X ray exposure

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY;

CHILD; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEART; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3042528439     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-812930     Document Type: Article

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