Unprotected operator eye lens doses in oncologic interventional radiology are clinically significant: Estimation from patient kerma-area-product data

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1859-1861

  Dauer, Lawrence T ^a   Thornton, Raymond H ^a   Solomon, Stephen B ^a   St Germain, Jean ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations; Kerma area product; LDE; Lens dose equivalents; PKA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATOR; PATIENT KERMA AREA PRODUCT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649523573     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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