An investigation into patient and staff doses from X-ray angiography during coronary interventional procedures

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 961, 2008, Pages 35-45

  Morrish, Oliver W E ^a   Goldstone, K E ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; WEIGHT; X RAY; X RAY TUBE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

LEAD;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LEAD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 38449122052     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/26551424     Document Type: Article

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