Patient exposure and associated radiation risks from fluoroscopically guided vertebroplasty or kyphosplasty

Radiology

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 701-707

  Perisinakis, Kostas ^a   Damilakis, John ^a   Theocharopoulos, Nicholas ^a   Papadokostakis, George ^a   Hadjipavlou, Alexandros ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Experimental study; Fluoroscopy; Phantoms; Radiations, injurious effects; Spine, surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK; SAFETY; SPINE FRACTURE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINE;

EID: 4143096845     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2323031412     Document Type: Article

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