Occupational dose in interventional radiology procedures

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-141

  Chida, Koichi ^a   Kaga, Yuji ^b   Haga, Yoshihiro ^b   Kataoka, Nozomi ^b   Kumasaka, Eriko ^b   Meguro, Taiichiro ^b   Zuguchi, Masayuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SENDAI KOUSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose equivalent; Effective dose; Fluoroscopically guided procedures; Occupational radiation exposure; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST;

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84871901841     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8455     Document Type: Article

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