Active personal dosemeters in interventional radiology: Tests in laboratory conditions and in hospitals

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 453-458

  Clairand, I ^a   Bordy, J M ^b   Daures, J ^b   Debroas, J ^a   Denoziere M ^b   Donadille, L ^a   Ginjaume, M ^c   Itie C ^a   Koukorava, C ^d   Krim, S ^e   Lebacq, A L ^e   Martin, P ^f   Struelens, L ^e   Sans Merce M ^g   Tosic, M ^g   Vanhavere, F ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

^e BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^f Mirion Technologies ^*  (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; LABORATORY; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; X RAY;

CARDIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; X-RAYS;

EID: 79953747417     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq556     Document Type: Article

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