Capturing patient doses from fluoroscopically based diagnostic and interventional systems

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 535-540

  Balter, Stephen ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose; Fluoroscopy; Medical radiation; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOCUMENTATION; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 56149085248     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000327650.37315.2f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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