An approach to calculate and visualize intraoperative scattered radiation exposure

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 150, Issue , 2009, Pages 831-835

  Wagner, Markus ^a   Duwenkamp, Christopher ^a   Dresing, Klaus ^b   Bott, Oliver J ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Germany)

Author keywords

C arm; CBT; Radiation protection; Scattered radiation; Simulation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (SOLID STATE); RADIATION; ROBOTIC ARMS; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER BASED TRAINING SYSTEM; GENERATION PROCESS; PRACTICAL TRAINING; PRIMARY RADIATIONS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SIMULATION; TRAINING SYSTEMS;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; RADIATION SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 72249098428     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-044-5-831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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