The American College of Radiology white paper on radiation dose in medicine: Deep impact on the practice of cardiovascular imaging

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Picano, Eugenio ^a   Vano, Eliseo ^b   Semelka, Richard ^c   Regulla, Dieter ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INCIDENCE; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; BODY BURDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BODY BURDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049054061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-5-37     Document Type: Article

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