A study of the dose distribution in the region of the eye lens and extremities for staff working in interventional cardiology

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-138

  Domienik, J ^a   Brodecki, M ^a   Rusicka, D ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Extremity doses; Eye lens doses; Interventional cardiology; Occupational doses

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC REGIONS; ANNUAL DOSE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE RANGE; EXTREMITY DOSES; EYE LENS; EYE LENS DOSES; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY; INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES; OCCUPATIONAL DOSES; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TISSUE REACTIONS; X-RAY SOURCES;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOLOGY; DEFIBRILLATORS; RADIATION PROTECTION; TISSUE;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 84857048576     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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