Estimating the whole-body effective dose and health risks as well as introducing a new easy method for eye lens dosimetry in interventional cardiology procedures

Autor: Alireza Hatami, Mahmoud Bagheri, Farzaneh Falahati, Amin Banaei, Razzagh Abedi-Firouzjah, Hamed Zamani, Mohammad Kiapour, Farideh Momeni
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: MethodsX, Vol 7, Iss , Pp 101097- (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2215-0161
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2020.101097
Popis: This study aimed to introduce a new method for eye lens thermo-luminescent dosimetry and also estimate the dose associated with induced cancer risk due to the ionizing radiation exposure received by physicians and other staff cooperating in interventional cardiology (IC) procedures. The measurements were performed with six TLDs (thermoluminescent dosimeters): four TLDs for eye lens dosimetry (2 positioned on respiratory/surgical mask under the eye region as the new method; and 2 near the outside border of the eye as the common method) and two TLDs for whole-body dosimetry. Whole-body doses were used to calculate the cancer risks induced by IC procedures. The results of the new proposed method for eye lens dosimetry were similar to common TLD positioning (mean differences
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