Cardiac catheterization: Impact of face and neck shielding on new estimates of effective dose

Health Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 622-627

  Von Boetticher, Heiner ^a   Lachmund, Jörn ^b   Hoffmann, Wolfgang ^c  

^a Academy of Radiation Protection   (Germany)

^b ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose equivalent; Effective; Exposure; Medical radiation; Occupational; Occupational safety

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACE; HEAD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 73649086600     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000363843.01041.99     Document Type: Article

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