Dose performance evaluation of a charge coupled device and a flat-panel digital fluoroscopy system recently installed in an Interventional Cardiology laboratory

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-304

  Tsapaki, Virginia ^a   Kottou, Sophia ^b   Kollaros, Nikolaos ^c   Dafnomili, Paraskevi ^c   Kyriakidis, Zinon ^c   Neofotistou, Vassiliki ^d  

^a AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^d G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY;

CARDIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FLUOROSCOPY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS;

EID: 7944227911     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch344     Document Type: Article

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