Dose conversion coefficients for interventional procedures

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 225-230

  Schultz, F W ^a   Zoetelief, J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN INJURY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ARTERIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UTERUS; X-RAYS;

EID: 33645229777     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci753     Document Type: Article

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