BJR
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Article
Right arrow Abstract Freely available
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Buls, N
Right arrow Articles by Osteaux, M
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Buls, N
Right arrow Articles by Osteaux, M

Patient and staff exposure during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

N Buls, MSc 1 J Pages, PhD 1 F Mana, MD 2 and M Osteaux, MD, PhD 1

Departments of 1 Radiology and Medical Imaging and 2 Gastro-Enterology, Free University Hospital Brussels (AZ-VUB), Laarbeeklaan 101, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium



View larger version (35K):

[in a new window]
  		Figure 1. Staff positions relative to the patient and X-ray tube during a typical endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure. Distance variations are marked in centimetres. G.E., gastroenterologist; N.1., assisting nurse; N.2., second nurse.

 


View larger version (12K):

[in a new window]
  		Figure 2. Entrance surface dose (ESD) measured on the surface ofan Alderson-rando phantom (Phantom Laboratory, Salem, NY) as a function of dose–area product (DAP) for field size selections 38 cm ({blacklozenge}), 23 cm ({circ}) and 15 cm ({square}) in a typical endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographyprocedure set-up.

 




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
BJR DMFR IMAGING  ALL BIR JOURNALS 
Copyright © 2002 by the British Institute of Radiology.