Assessment of radiation doses to cardiologists during interventional examinations

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3730-3736

  Bor, D ^a   Olgar, T ^a   Onal, E ^a   Caglan, A ^a   Toklu, T ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dose area product; Effective dose; Interventional cardiology; Staff dose

Indexed keywords

DOSE-AREA PRODUCT; EFFECTIVE DOSE; INTERVENTIONAL; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY; MEASURED VALUES; PATIENT EXAMINATION; RANDO PHANTOM; STAFF DOSE;

CARDIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EYE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LEG; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THYROID GLAND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WRIST;

EID: 68149180914     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3168971     Document Type: Article

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