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Radiation Safety in Interventional Neuroradiology

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Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care

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The use of medical radiation from fluoroscopy units provides clinically valuable information. Inappropriate radiation exposure can cause harm to both the patient and healthcare workers. In order to keep the amount of radiation exposure as low as possible, the fluoroscopist must have knowledge of the fundamental safety principles of X-ray protection, personal protective equipment, and the basic functions of the fluoroscopy equipment.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA

    Justin P. Dodge

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Riverbend Medical Clinic, Springfield, OR, USA

    Neil E. Roundy

  3. Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Kenneth C. Liu

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Ansgar M. Brambrink

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Jeffrey R. Kirsch

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Dodge, J.P., Roundy, N.E., Liu, K.C. (2020). Radiation Safety in Interventional Neuroradiology. In: Brambrink, A., Kirsch, J. (eds) Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17410-1_69

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17410-1_69

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