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Radiation Protection

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With increasing number and complexity of catheter-based cardiovascular interventions exposure to ionizing radiation to patients and personnel has markedly increased. To avoid X-ray exposure-related health damage besides the knowledge of the operational principles of the X-ray equipment, a detailed knowledge and understanding of radiation protection is required. In this chapter, relevant principles are reviewed and measures designed to minimize the X-ray radiation exposure are discussed.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India

    Roshan Samuel Livingstone Ph.D.

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    Peter Lanzer

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Livingstone, R.S. (2013). Radiation Protection. In: Lanzer, P. (eds) Catheter-Based Cardiovascular Interventions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27676-7_15

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