A study of the underestimation of eye lens dose with current eye dosemeters for interventional clinicians wearing lead glasses
In this study, we evaluated the impact of the position of H p (3) dosemeters on
the estimated eye lens dose when lead glasses are used in interventional settings. Using the Monte
Carlo method (MCNPX), an interventional cardiology setup was simulated for two models of lead
glasses, five beam projections and two patient access routes. H p (3) dosemeters were placed at
several positions on the operator and the obtained dose was compared to the dose to the sensitive
part of the eye lens ( H lens ). Furthermore, to reproduce an experimental setup, a reference
dosemeter, H p
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - Category: Physics Authors: Edilaine Honorio da Silva, Colin J Martin, Filip Vanhavere and Nico Buls Source Type: research