Radiation exposure to patients in a multicenter coronary angiography trial (CORE 64)

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1126-1132

  Geleijns, Jacob ^a   Joemai, Raoul M S ^a   Dewey, Marc ^b   De Roos, Albert ^a   Zankl, Maria ^c   Cantera, Alfonso Calzado ^d   Artells, Marçal Salvadó ^e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary CT angiography; Dosimetry methods; Radiation dosage

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SCINTISCANNING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; ADULT; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY SIZE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEX FACTORS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959574786     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3983     Document Type: Article

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