A large-scale multicentre study in Belgium of dose area product values and effective doses in interventional cardiology using contemporary X-ray equipment

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-323

  Bogaert, Evelien ^a   Bacher, K ^a   Thierens, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOFILTRATION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; STENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; CARDIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 45149087420     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm379     Document Type: Article

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