Patient dosimetry in diagnostic and interventional radiology: A practical approach using trigger levels

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 166-168

  Faulkner, Keith ^a   Ortiz Lopez, P ^b   Vano, E ^c  

^a Quality Assurance Reference Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; RISK; SKIN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 33645241077     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci737     Document Type: Article

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