Calculating the peak skin dose resulting from fluoroscopically guided interventions. Part I: Methods

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-244

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose report; Fluoroscopy; Peak skin dose; Radiation injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855173641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i4.3670     Document Type: Article

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