Radiation safety in nuclear cardiology-current knowledge and practice: Results from the 2011 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology member survey

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1021-1023

  Einstein, Andrew J ^a   Tilkemeier, Peter ^b   Fazel, Reza ^c   Rakotoarivelo, Harivony ^a   Shaw, Leslee J ^c  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY;

CARDIOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION INJURIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878813756     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.483     Document Type: Article

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