Automatic monitoring of localized skin dose with fluoroscopic and interventional procedures

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 626-639

  Khodadadegan, Yasaman ^a   Zhang, Muhong ^a   Pavlicek, William ^b   Paden, Robert G ^b   Chong, Brian ^b   Schueler, Beth A ^c   Fetterly, Kenneth A ^c   Langer, Steve G ^c   Wu, Teresa ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DICOM structured report dose; Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM); Fluoroscopy; Interventional radiology; Joint commission (JC); Patient entrance reference point; Peak skin dose; Radiation dose; Sentinal event

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINES; FLUOROSCOPY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; JOINT COMMISSION (JC); PEAK SKIN DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE POINTS; SENTINAL EVENT; STRUCTURED REPORTS;

ACCREDITATION; DOSIMETRY; RADIOLOGY; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

FLUORESCENT SCREENS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SKIN;

AUTOMATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 80053914034     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-010-9320-7     Document Type: Article

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