Published December 1978
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Journal article
Simple method of protecting the eye from scattered radiations during mantle-field therapy
Description
The radiation dose to the eyes during cerebral angiography can be reduced by a factor of 50 to 100 by radiographing the patient in the postero-anterior projection. Test pattern and phantom tests demonstrated no loss of image quality
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiology
- Journal Volume
- 129
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Radiology.
- Journal Page Range
- 812-814
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 10469681
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; EYES; IRRADIATION PROCEDURES; PATIENTS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEDICINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANS; RADIATIONS; SENSE ORGANS