Local organ dose conversion coefficients for angiographic examinations of coronary arteries

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4393-4408

  Schlattl, H ^a   Zankl, M ^a   Hausleiter, J ^b   Hoeschen, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DRUG DOSAGE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOLOGY;

ANATOMY; CAUCASIAN; ORGAN DOSE CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; PATIENT DOSE;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CORONARY ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIMULATION;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; VISCERA;

EID: 34547125971     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/15/003     Document Type: Article

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