Estimating effective dose for a cardiac catheterisation procedure with single or double personal dosemeters

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-204

  Schultz, F W ^a   Zoetelief, J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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LEAD;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LAW; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; REGISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

EUROPEAN UNION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 33745685928     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl018     Document Type: Article

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