Radiation doses in interventional radiology procedures: The RAD-IR study. Part III: Dosimetric performance of the interventional fluoroscopy units

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 919-926

  Balter, Stephen ^a   Schueler, Beth A ^b   Miller, Donald L ^c,d,o   Cole, Patricia E ^e   Lu, Hollington T ^f   Berenstein, Alejandro ^g   Albert, Robin ^g   Georgia, Jeffrey D ^c   Noonan, Patrick T ^c,m   Russell, Eric J ^h,i   Malisch, Tim W ^h,i,p   Vogelzang, Robert L ^h,i   Geisinger, Michael ^j   Cardella, John F ^k,n   St George, James ^k,q   Miller III, George L ^l,r   Anderson, Jon ^l  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^g BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^m LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^o WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^q HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^r Trinity Clinic Gastroenterology   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544269899     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000130864.68139.08     Document Type: Article

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