Cumulative radiation dose from medical imaging in chronic adult patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 480-486

  Brambilla, Marco ^a   De Mauri, Andreana ^a   Leva, Lucia ^a   Carriero, Alessandro ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^b  

^a University Hospital Maggiore della Carita   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic patients; Dose; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CANCER RISK; CARDIAC IMAGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ENTERITIS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AORTIC DISEASES; BODY BURDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84878018412     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.10.025     Document Type: Review

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