Variation in radiation doses in paediatric cardiac catheterisation procedures

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 173-178

  Al Haj, Abdalla N ^a   Lobriguito, Aida M ^a   Rafeh, Walid ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAUDI ARABIA; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 55249111314     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn014     Document Type: Article

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