Are new technologies always reducing patient doses in cardiac procedures?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 97-101

  Trianni, Annalisa ^a,b   Bernardi, G ^a   Padovani, R ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645233780     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci747     Document Type: Article

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