A comparison of patient dose levels between 3/4 vessel conventional angiography and computed tomography angiography during examinations to investigate subarachnoid haemorrhage

Radiography

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Spanton, David ^a   Strudwick, Ruth M ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bi plane angiography; Computed tomography angiography (CTA); Radiation dose; Single plane angiography; Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DELIRIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOLOGIST; SEIZURE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34250790211     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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