Changing from image intensifier to flat detector technology for interventional cardiology procedures: A practical point of view

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 83-86

  Bokou, Christina ^a   Schreiner Karoussou, A ^b   Breisch, R ^c   Beissel, J ^c  

^a Entente des Hôpitaux Luxembourgeois   (Luxembourg)

^b Division de la Radioprotection   (Luxembourg)

^c Institut National de Chirurgie Cardiaque et de Cardiologie Interventionelle   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LUXEMBOURG; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; ROENTGEN APPARATUS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICS; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS;

EID: 55249117961     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn151     Document Type: Article

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