Does "spreading" skin dose by rotating the C-arm during an intervention work?

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-452

  Pasciak, Alexander S ^a   Jones, A Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBLIQUE ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN; X RAY;

BODY BURDEN; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ROTATION; SKIN;

EID: 79953774671     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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