Fluoroscopically-guided interventions with radiation doses exceeding 5000 mGy reference point air kerma: a dosimetric analysis of 89,549 interventional radiology, neurointerventional radiology, vascular surgery, and neurosurgery encounters
Abstract Purpose To quantify and categorize fluoroscopically-guided procedures with radiation doses exceeding 5000 mGy reference point air kerma (Ka,r). Ka,r > 5000 mGy has been defined as a “significant radiation dose” by the Society of Interventional Radiology. Identification and analysis of in...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-09-01
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Series: | CVIR Endovascular |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42155-020-00159-6 |