Occupational radiation doses in interventional radiology: Simulations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 36-38

  Siiskonen, Teemu ^a   Tapiovaara, M ^a   Kosunen, A ^a   Lehtinen, M ^a   Vartiainen, E ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PHANTOM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; THYROID GLAND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 55249119774     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn017     Document Type: Article

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