Skip Navigation



Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on May 24, 2007
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm203
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
124/2/164    most recent
ncm203v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Stranden, E.
Right arrow Articles by Widmark, A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Stranden, E.
Right arrow Articles by Widmark, A.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

INDICATORS FOR THE FINGER DOSES IN INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Erling Stranden1,*, Tonje Seske2 and Anders Widmark2

1 Faculty of Health, Buskerud University College, Konggate 51, Drammen, Norway
2 Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Østerås, Norway

* Corresponding author: erling.stranden{at}hibu.no

Received October 20, 2006, amended January 4, 2007, accepted February 26, 2007

Finger doses and other factors have been recorded in order to investigate parameters that could be used to assess the likely level of finger doses of interventional radiologists. A relatively good correlation between finger dose and dose-area product was found regardless of the type of procedure. The correlation between finger dose and screening time was less significant. Very significant correlation between finger doses and the personal dosemeter reading outside the lead apron was found. This strongly suggests that personal dosemeter worn outside the lead apron can serve as a screening device for finger or hand doses to the radiologists. For radiologists, surgeons and cardiologists likely to receive an annual personal dose reading of more than 20 mSv measured outside the lead apron, doses to the hands are likely to be higher than 50 mSv. In these cases, monitoring of finger doses is recommended to establish dose levels.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.