A large-scale multicentre study of patient skin doses in interventional cardiology: Dose-area product action levels and dose reference levels

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 976, 2009, Pages 303-312

  Bogaert, E ^a   Bacher, K ^a   Lemmens, K ^a   Carlier, M ^b   Desmet, W ^c   Wagter, X D E ^d   Djian, D ^e   Hanet, C ^f   Heyndrickx, G ^g   Legrand, V ^h   Taeymans, Y ⁱ   Thierens, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Hopital St Joseph   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares   (Belgium)

^e Nephrology Department   (Belgium)

^f CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^g OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CARDIOLOGIST; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY STENT; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN;

EID: 65349092929     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/29449648     Document Type: Article

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