The risk of cumulative radiation exposure in chest imaging and the advantage of bedside ultrasound

Critical Ultrasound Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gargani, Luna ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest imaging; Lung ultrasound; Point of care; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

CANCER RISK; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84938299703     PISSN: 20363176     EISSN: 20367902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13089-015-0020-x     Document Type: Review

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