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PATIENT SKIN DOSIMETRY IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Authors

SUKUPOVA L. NOVAK L. KALA Petr CERVINKA P. STASEK J.

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncr284
Field Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery
Keywords PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIOLOGY
Description In this study, skin dosimetry of patients undergoing interventional cardiology procedures is presented. Three hospitals were included. Two methods were used for skin dosimetry-radiochromic dosimetry films and reconstruction of skin dose distribution based on examination protocol. Maximum skin doses (MSD) obtained from both methods were compared for 175 patients. For patients for whom the film MSD was > 1 Gy, the reconstruction MSD differed from the film MSD in the range of +/- 50 % for 83 % of patients. For remaining patients, the difference was higher and it was caused by longer fluoroscopy time. For 59 patients for whom the cumulative dose was known, the cumulative dose was compared with the film MSD. Skin dosimetry with radiochromic films is more accurate than the reconstruction method, but films do not include X-ray fields from lateral projections whilest reconstructions do.

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