Efficacy of Radiation Safety Glasses in Interventional Radiology

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  van Rooijen, Bart D ^a   de Haan, Michiel W ^a   Das, Marco ^a   Arnoldussen, Carsten W K P ^a   de Graaf, R ^a   van Zwam, Wim H ^a   Backes, Walter H ^a   Jeukens, Cécile R L P N ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cataract; Eye lens dose; Glasses; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84916604795     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-013-0766-0     Document Type: Article

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