The influence of patient size on dose conversion coefficients: A hybrid phantom study for adult cardiac catheterization

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3613-3629

  Johnson, Perry ^a   Lee, Choonsik ^a   Johnson, Kevin ^a   Siragusa, Daniel ^a   Bolch, Wesley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; BODY SIZES; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS; DOSE CONVERSION; DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; EFFECTIVE DOSE; HYBRID PHANTOMS; INTERVENTIONAL; MONTE CARLO CODES; NORMALIZATION FACTORS; OBLIQUE PROJECTIONS; PARAMETERIZED; PATIENT SIZE; TOMOGRAPHIC;

BLOOD PRESSURE; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

ANTHROPOMETRY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERROR; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYBRID; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; KOREA; METHODOLOGY; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KOREA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 70149107519     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/12/001     Document Type: Article

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