Direct measurement of a patient's entrance skin dose during pediatric cardiac catheterization

In conclusion, we directly measured ESD using RPLD chips and found that maximum ESD could be estimated in real-time using angiographic parameters, such as DAP and cumulative dose at the IRP. Children requiring repeated catheterizations would be exposed to high radiation levels throughout their lives, although treatment influences radiation dose. Therefore, the radiation dose associated with individual cardiac catheterizations should be analyzed, and the effects of radiation throughout the lives of such patients should be followed.

Source: Journal of Radiation Research - November 11, 2014 Category: Physics Authors: Sun, L., Mizuno, Y., Iwamoto, M., Goto, T., Koguchi, Y., Miyamoto, Y., Tsuboi, K., Chida, K., Moritake, T. Tags: Oncology Source Type: research