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First published online June 22, 2006
British Journal of Radiology (2006) 79, 730-733
© 2006 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/75766147
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Six years experience in intracoronary brachytherapy procedures: patient doses from fluoroscopy

C Prieto, BSc 1 E Vano, PhD 1,4 J M Fernández, BSc 1,4 C Galvan, MD, PhD 2,4 M Sabate, MD, PhD 3 L Gonzalez, PhD 4 and D Martinez, BSc 1

1 Medical Physics Service, 2 Radiotherapy Service and, 3 Interventional Cardiology Service, San Carlos University Hospital, 28040 Madrid, 4 Radiology Department, Medicine School, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain


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  		Figure 1. Evolution of median values of dose–area product (DAP) in intracoronary brachytherapies (ICBs) during the period 2001–2004. Detail of the distribution (frequency histogram) of DAP in ICBs.

 

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  		Figure 2. Mosaic of several selected examples of slow films used to measure skin dose distribution for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasties(PTCAs) and for intracoronary brachytherapies (ICBs).

 




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