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Occupational eye dose correlation with neck dose and patient-related quantities in interventional cardiology procedures
AbstractOccupational eye dose monitoring during interventional radiology and interventional cardiology is important to avoid radiation-induced cataracts. The aim of this study was to assess the eye dose correlation with neck dose and patient-related quantities for interventional cardiology physicians and nurses. The originality of this study lies in obtaining correlations between the location of the dosimeter and eye dose radiation readings among different procedures and practitioners. The doses were measured for each procedure (18 procedures of coronary angiography and 16 procedures of percutaneous coronary intervention) ...
Source: Radiological Physics and Technology - January 23, 2022 Category: Physics Source Type: research

Review and investigation of automatic brightness/dose rate control logic of fluoroscopic imaging systems in cardiovascular interventional angiography
AbstractIn this article, we review automatic brightness control (ABC) for fluoroscopy imaging systems. Starting from the simple manual control, the discussion is extended to the kV-primary ABC system, and then to the most recent contrast-to-noise ratio optimized (CNR Optimized) automatic dose rate control system (ADRC). The nature of this review article is trifold. First, it describes the ABC/ADRC and associated circuits governing the operation of the fluoroscopy imaging chain. Second, we show the characteristics of a control logic from a radiation physics point of view. Third, we introduce the most recent activities in th...
Source: Radiological Physics and Technology - January 20, 2022 Category: Physics Source Type: research