Dose indices of radiation to skin in fluoroscopically guided invasive cardiology procedures

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Chu, Robert Y L ^a,b   Schechter, Eliot ^a,b   Chu, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose, skin; Fluoroscopy; Health effects; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FILM; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN INJURY;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 34547869802     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000259851.86208.0d     Document Type: Article

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