Kerma area product method for effective dose estimation during lumbar epidural steroid injection procedures: Phantom study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1726-1730

  Kim, Sangroh ^a   Toncheva, Greta ^a   Anderson Evans, Colin ^a   Huh, Billy K ^a   Gray, Linda ^a   Yoshizumi, Terry ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphic phantom; Effective dose; Kerma area product; Lumbar epidural steroid injection; MOSFET

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE; STEROID;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEMICONDUCTOR; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; STEROIDS;

EID: 67049110241     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1713     Document Type: Article

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