Interventional cardiovascular procedures in Belgium: effective dose and conversion factors
| Autor: | Evelien Bogaert, Klaus Bacher, Hubert Thierens |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Cardiology Radiology Interventional Radiation Dosage Effective dose (radiation) Belgium Cardiovascular procedures Radiation Monitoring medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radionuclide Imaging Aged Aged 80 and over Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Middle Aged Surgery Cardiovascular Diseases Fluoroscopy Female Nuclear medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Radiation protection dosimetry. 129(1-3) |
| ISSN: | 0144-8420 |
| Popis: | Effective dose ( E), representing the risk of late radiation-induced effects, can be estimated by the use of conversion factors (CF), converting direct measurable quantities such as dose-area-product into E. Eight Belgian hospitals participated in the study with a total number of 318 procedures. E-values, calculated with PCXMC, were compared for the different hospitals for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures separately. E-values varied significantly depending on the hospital where the procedure was performed (P < 0.001), on filtration insertion (P < 0.001), on whether a centre is a training centre or not, the dose conscious action of the cardiologists and the complexity of the procedure ( P < 0.001). Hospital-specific CF were calculated. An average CF of 0.185 mSv Gycm(-2) was obtained with a satisfactory correlation (r = 0.966, P < 0.001). The differences in CF between hospitals were due to, a large extent, the availability of additional filtration in cinegraphy mode (P < 0.001) and not to the differences in irradiation geometries in the clinical protocol of the interventional procedures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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