Radiation during cardiovascular imaging

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 289-292

  Roguin, Ariel ^a   Nair, Prashant ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiography; CT imaging; Nuclear medicine; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 36849020882     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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