Exposure from the large C-arm versus the mini C-arm using hand/wrist and elbow phantoms

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 628-631

  Singer, Gordon ^a   Herron, Brent ^a   Herron, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

C arm; exposure; fluoroscopy; mini; radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELBOW; FLUOROSCOPY; HAND; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; WRIST;

ELBOW; FLUOROSCOPY; HAND; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST;

EID: 79953759421     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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