Re: Interventional Cardiologist Absorbed Dose

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>]

On 14 Aug 2002 at 8:35, William V Lipton wrote:



> It seems that the DDE of interest would be that to the neck and head, since this

> is:  (1) part of the "whole body" and (2) outside of the shielding.



And in addition, it is one of the components that is considered in 

various Effective Dose Equivalent methodologies, such as Webster, 

Niklason and ANSI N13.41-1997, to name just a few.

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