Occupational radiation exposure from fluoroscopically guided percutaneous transhepatic biliary procedures

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 863-871

  Stratakis, John ^a   Damilakis, John ^a   Hatzidakis, Adam ^a   Theocharopoulos, Nicholas ^a,b   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; STENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; CHOLESTASIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STENTS;

EID: 33745044227     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000217959.86251.11     Document Type: Article

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