Fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures: A review of radiation effects on patients' skin and hair

Radiology

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-341

  Balter, Stephen ^a   Hopewell, John W ^b   Miller, Donald L ^c   Wagner, Louis K ^d   Zelefsky, Michael J ^e  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUOROSCOPY; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SKIN INJURY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TOXICITY; TISSUE REACTION; WOUND CARE; ALOPECIA; HAIR; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; TIME;

ALOPECIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HAIR; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77449121542     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2542082312     Document Type: Review

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