How to set up and apply reference levels in fluoroscopy at a national level

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1621-1633

  Aroua, Abbas ^a   Rickli, H ^b   Stauffer, J C ^c   Schnyder, P ^a   Trueb, P R ^d   Valley, J F ^a   Vock, P ^e   Verdun, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosticand interventional radiology; Patient dose; Reference levels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; STANDARD; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34248649592     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0463-3     Document Type: Article

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