An approach to simulate and visualize intraoperative scattered radiation exposure to improve radiation protection training

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 625-628

  Wagner, Markus ^a   Duwenkamp, Christopher ^a   Ludwig, Wolfram ^a   Dresing, Klaus ^b   Bott, Oliver Johannes ^c,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Germany)

^d Dept of Information and Communication   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Education; Imaging; Interventional; Radiation; Radiation protection; Radiography; Scattering; Three Dimensional

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HEAT RADIATION; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (SOLID STATE); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; ROBOTIC ARMS; SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTER BASED TRAINING SYSTEM; EMERGENCY PATIENTS; INTERVENTIONAL; INTRA-OPERATIVE; IRRADIATED MATERIALS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROPAGATION; SCATTERED RADIATIONS;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 78649495610     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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