Comparison of a CCD and a flat-panel digital system in an Interventional Cardiology Laboratory

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 93-96

  Tsapaki, V ^a   Kottou, S ^b   Kollaros, N ^c   Kyriakidis, Z ^c   Neofotistou, V ^d  

^a AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^d G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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COPPER;

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS;

EID: 33645231789     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci746     Document Type: Article

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