Six years experience in intracoronary brachytherapy procedure: Patients doses from fluoroscopy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 945, 2006, Pages 730-733

  Prieto, C ^a   Vano, E ^a,b   Fernandez J M ^a,b   Galvan, C ^a,b   Sabate, M ^a   Gonzalez, L ^b   Martinez, D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SAMPLE; SKIN INJURY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN; STENTS;

EID: 33748451636     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/75766147     Document Type: Article

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