Effects of radiologists' skill and experience on patient doses in interventional examinations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 32-35

  Bor, Doǧan ^a   Sancak, Tanzer ^a   Toklu, Türkay ^a   Olgar, Turan ^a   Ener, Selmin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; X RAY ANALYSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 55249092933     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn010     Document Type: Article

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