Centers for Disease Control/National Center for Health Statistics, Health Care in America: Trends in Utilization, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, DHHS Pub No. 2004-1031, 2004.

Faulkner,K. and Vaño,E. Deterministic Effects in Interventional Radiology. Rad Prot Dosim 2001; 94:95-8.

International Commission on Radiological Protection. Avoidance of radiation injuries from medical interventional procedures. ICRP Publication No. 85. Ann ICRP 2000;30:7-67.

Koenig TR, Wolff D, Mettler FA, Wagner LK. Skin injuries from fluoroscopically guided procedures . Am J Roentgenol 2001; 177:3- 20.

Mettler F, Koenig TR, Wagner LK, Kelsey CA. Radiation injuries after fluoroscopic procedures. Seminars Ultrasound, CT, MRI 2002; 23:428-42.

Miller DL, Balter S, Noonan PT, Georgia JD. Minimizing radiation-induced skin injury in interventional radiology procedures. Radiology 2002; 225:329-36.

Miller DL, Balter S, Wagner LK, et al. Quality improvement guidelines for recording patient radiation dose in the medical record. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2004; 15:423-9.

Pierce DA, Preston DL. Radiation-related cancer risks at low doses among atomic bomb survivors. Radiat Res 2000; 154:78-86.

Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly, with Scientific Annexes, Volume II: Effects. New York: United Nations, 2000.

Wagner LK, Archer BR, Cohen J. Management of patient skin dose in fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2000; 11:23-33

Yoshinaga S, Mabuchi K, Sigurdson AJ, Doody MM, Ron E. Cancer risks among radiologists and radiologic technologists: Review of epidemiologic studies. Radiology 2004; 233:313-21.

< Previous Section