Variability in Fluoroscopic X-Ray Exposure in Contemporary Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1361-1364

  Laskey, Warren K ^a   Wondrow, Merrill ^b   Holmes Jr , David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Clarte Imaging Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; GEOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; X-RAYS;

EID: 33749035715     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.051     Document Type: Article

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