Comparison of patient doses in interventional radiology procedures performed in two large hospitals in Greece

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Papageorgiou, E ^a   Tsapaki, V ^b   Tsalafoutas, I A ^b   Maurikou, E ^c   Kottou, S ^d   Orfanos, A ^c   Karidas, G ^c   Fidanis, T ^a   Zafiriadou, E ^a   Neofotistou, V ^c  

^a Ippokration Hospital Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GREECE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; TIME;

AGED; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37449031943     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm136     Document Type: Article

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