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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Livingstone, R. S. (2013). Radiation protection. In Catheter-Based Cardiovascular Interventions: A Knowledge-Based Approach (pp. 261–278). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27676-7_15
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