Pediatric interventional radiography equipment: Safety considerations

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-135

  Strauss, Keith J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment settings; Fluoroscopic equipment; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SAFETY; X RAY TUBE; BODY SIZE; CARDIOLOGIST; CHILD SAFETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLUOROSCOPE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PULSE RATE; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOLOGIST; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746629500     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0220-4     Document Type: Article

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