Influence of patient thickness and operation modes on occupational and patient radiation doses in interventional cardiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-330

  Vano, Eliseo ^a,b   Gonzalez, L ^a   Fernandez, J M ^a,b   Prieto, C ^b   Guibelalde, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CATHETERIZATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LABORATORY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THICKNESS; X RAY;

BODY CONSTITUTION; CARDIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUOROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 33745700268     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci369     Document Type: Article

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