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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2008 129(1-3):108-111; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncn046
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Survey on performance assessment of cardiac angiography systems

R. Padovani1,*, A. Trianni1, C. Bokou2, H. Bosmans3, J. Jankowski4, S. Kottou5, K. Kepler6, J. Malone7, V. Tsapaki8, D. Salat9, E. Vano10 and J. Vassileva11

1 Medical Physics Department, Udine Hospital, Italy
2 Entente des Hôpitaux Luxembourgeois, Luxembourg
3 Department of Radiology, Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium
4 Radiation Protection Department, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland
5 Medical Physics Department, Athens University, Greece
6 Training Centre of Medical Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
7 Medical Physics Department, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
8 Medical Physics Department, Athens General Hospital, Athens, Greece
9 QA Department, Faculty of Public Health, Trencin, Slovakia
10 Medical Physics Department, S. Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
11 National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Advances in imaging technology have facilitated the development of increasingly complex interventional cardiac equipment. Consequently, there is a need for definitive equipment requirements. The aim of the study is to assess the performances of different cardiac angiographic systems. A questionnaire was sent to centres participating in SENTINEL Project to collect dosimetry data (typical entrance dose rate in fluoroscopy and imaging mode), image quality evaluations (low and high contrast resolutions) and KAP calibration factors. Results from this survey could contribute to the explanation of patient dose variability in angiographic cardiac procedures and to derive reference levels for cardiac angiographic equipment performance parameters.


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