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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2005 117(1-3):217-221; doi:10.1093/rpd/nci751
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Patient dosimetry approaches in interventional cardiology and literature dose data review

R. Padovani1,* and E. Quai1,2

1 Medical Physics Institute, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy
2 Specialisation School in Medical Physics, University of Bologna, Italy

* Corresponding author: padovani.renato{at}aoud.sanita.fvg.it

Interventional radiology contributes a significant proportion of the collective dose of the population from medical exposures. Interventional radiology procedures are usually fluoroscopy-guided diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. When complex procedures are performed or procedures are repeated for the same patient, high-radiation dose levels can occur because procedures often require long fluoroscopy times and require high-quality images. For all of these reasons, dosimetric evaluations in interventional radiology are widely increasing. Patient dosimetry methods currently used in interventional radiology may be divided into three categories according to dosimetry purpose: (I) dosimetry for stochastic risk evaluation, (II) dosimetry for quality assurance and (III) dosimetry to prevent the deterministic effects of radiation. A short description of dosimetric methods used in interventional cardiology practice and relevant published dosimetric data are reported.


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