Entrances skin dose distribution maps for interventional neuroradiological procedures: A preliminary study

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 256-259

  Rampado, O ^a   Ropolo, R ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MONITORING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEURORADIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645211226     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci759     Document Type: Article

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