Effective dose of CT- and fluoroscopy-guided perineural/epidural injections of the lumbar spine: A comparative study

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-91

  Schmid, Gebhard ^a,b   Schmitz, Alexander ^b   Borchardt, Dieter ^b   Ewen, Klaus ^c   Von Rothenburg, Thomas ^b   Koester, Odo ^b   Jergas, Michael ^b  

^a JOHANNA ETIENNE KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c State Institute for Occupational Health and Safety of North Rhine Westphalia   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), guidance; Computed tomography (CT), radiation exposure; Fluoroscopy; Intervention; Phantoms; Spine, lumbar; Thermoluminescence dosimeter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUMBAR SPINE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31144438380     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0355-3     Document Type: Article

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