Skin entrance radiation dose in an interventional radiology procedure

Health Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-46

  Chu, Robert Y L ^a,b   Thomas, George ^c   Maqbool, Feroz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c St Anthony Hospital Oklahoma City   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Fluoroscopy; Skin dose; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN PENETRATION; X RAY;

FILM DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33745242546     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000198784.94210.1f     Document Type: Article

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