Estimation of radiation dose and risk to children undergoing cardiac catheterization for the treatment of a congenital heart disease using Monte Carlo simulations

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-346

  Yakoumakis, Emmanuel ^a   Kostopoulou, Helen ^a   Makri, Triantafilia ^b   Dimitriadis, Anastastios ^a   Georgiou, Evaggelos ^a   Tsalafoutas, Ioannis ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Agia Sofia Hospital Levadias and Thivon   (Greece)

^c Anticancer Oncology Hospital of Athens Agios Savvas   (Greece)

^d not available   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Dose area product; Effective dose; Organ dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BREAST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PANCREAS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN; SPLEEN; STOMACH; THYMUS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84878353863     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2510-3     Document Type: Article

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