Dose distributions for cineangiographic examinations of coronary arteries

Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1383-1391

  Schlattl, H ^a   Zankl, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Dose volume histograms; EGSnrc; Interventional radiology; Voxel models

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DOSE VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; EGSNRC; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; VOXEL MODELS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33644589548     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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