The impact of x-ray tube configuration on the eye lens and extremity doses received by cardiologists in electrophysiology room
| Autor: | Andrzej Bissinger, J. Domienik, M Zmyślony |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Radiography Radiation Dosage Radiography Interventional law.invention law Occupational Exposure Lens Crystalline medicine Humans Tube (fluid conveyance) Lead (electronics) Waste Management and Disposal Dosimeter business.industry X-Rays Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Image intensifier Extremities General Medicine X-ray tube Surgery Lens (optics) medicine.anatomical_structure Thermoluminescent Dosimetry Poland Ankle Nuclear medicine business Electrophysiologic Techniques Cardiac |
| Zdroj: | Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection. 34(4) |
| ISSN: | 1361-6498 |
| Popis: | The aim of the study was to analyse the influence of the x-ray tube configuration on the radiation doses to eye lens and extremities of cardiologists performing pacemaker implantation procedures in electrophysiology laboratory. The measurements were performed on one, widely used, portable C-arm system, first with x-ray tube mounted above the patient table and image intensifier below it and then on a reinstalled (but essentially the same) system with under-table x-ray tube configuration. Thermoluminescent dosimeters, placed in various positions near the eye lens, on the hands and ankle, were used during every procedure. The comparison of doses received by cardiologists after changing the x-ray tube configuration from over- to under-table shows statistically significant dose reduction (p < 0.009) for the eye lens closest to the x-ray tube, left finger, left wrist, while for the ankle a dose increase is observed. The corresponding over- to under-table x-ray tube median dose ratios are 4.1 for the right eye, 4.8 for the left finger, 3.0 for left wrist and, finally, 0.13 for the right ankle. Systems with under-table x-ray tube are preferable from a radiation protection point of view. The observed significant increase in doses to the legs should be partially compensated by the use of a protective lead curtain. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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