Reporting overexposures and unintended exposures in diagnostic procedures

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 947, 2006, Pages 866-869

  Clewer, Philip R ^a   Jackson, P C ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; GATED IMAGING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; IONIZING RADIATION; LAW; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL ERROR; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33751215188     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/68149575     Document Type: Note

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