Radiation dose optimization in interventional radiology and cardiology using diagnostic reference levels

The International Commission of Radiological Protection (ICRP) advises that in principle Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRL) could be used in fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures to avoid unnecessary stochastic radiation risk. The increase in complexity of interventional procedures, combi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Vos, Hendrik Johannes
Other Authors: Trauernicht, Christoph Jan
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20928