Does a flat panel detector reduce the patient radiaton dose in interventional cardiology?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 266-270

  Dragusin, O ^a   Breisch, R ^b   Bokou, C ^a   Beissel, J ^b  

^a Entente des Hô pitaux Luxembourgeois ^*  (Luxembourg)

^b Institut National de Chirurgie Cardiaque et de Cardiologie Interventionelle   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LUXEMBOURG; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICS; X RAY FILM;

BODY BURDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LUXEMBOURG; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 77953354741     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq008     Document Type: Article

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