TY - JOUR
T1 - A correlation study of eye lens dose and personal dose equivalent for interventional cardiologists
AU - Farah, Jad
AU - Struelens, Lara
AU - Dabin, Jérémie
AU - Koukorava, Christina
AU - Donadille, Laurent
AU - Jacob, Sophie
AU - Schnelzer, Maria
AU - Auvinen, Anssi
AU - Vanhavere, Filip
AU - Clairand, Isabelle
N1 - Funding Information:
J. Farah1,*, L. Struelens2, J. Dabin2, C. Koukorava3, L. Donadille1, S. Jacob1, M. Schnelzer4, A. Auvinen5, F. Vanhavere2 and I. Clairand1 1Laboratoire de Dosimétrie des Rayonnements Ionisants, IRSN – Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, PRP-HOM/SDE/LDRI BP-17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France 2Department of Radiation Protection Dosimetry and Calibration, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, BE-2400 Mol, Belgium 3Division of Licensing and Inspections, Greek Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 60092, Ag. Paraskevi, 15310 Athens, Greece 4Radiation Epidemiology Unit, Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany 5Research and Environmental Surveillance Department, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, P.O. Box 14, 00881 Helsinki, Finland
Funding Information:
This work was funded by the DoReMi Network of Excellence.
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - This paper presents the dosimetry part of the European ELDO project, funded by the DoReMi Network of Excellence, in which a method was developed to estimate cumulative eye lens doses for past practices based on personal dose equivalent values, Hp(10), measured above the lead apron at several positions at the collar, chest and waist levels. Measurement campaigns on anthropomorphic phantoms were carried out in typical interventional settings considering different tube projections and configurations, beam energies and filtration, operator positions and access routes and using both mono-tube and biplane X-ray systems. Measurements showed that eye lens dose correlates best with Hp(10) measured on the left side of the phantom at the level of the collar, although this correlation implicates high spreads (41 %). Nonetheless, for retrospective dose assessment, Hp(10) records are often the only option for eye dose estimates and the typically used chest left whole-body dose measurement remains useful.
AB - This paper presents the dosimetry part of the European ELDO project, funded by the DoReMi Network of Excellence, in which a method was developed to estimate cumulative eye lens doses for past practices based on personal dose equivalent values, Hp(10), measured above the lead apron at several positions at the collar, chest and waist levels. Measurement campaigns on anthropomorphic phantoms were carried out in typical interventional settings considering different tube projections and configurations, beam energies and filtration, operator positions and access routes and using both mono-tube and biplane X-ray systems. Measurements showed that eye lens dose correlates best with Hp(10) measured on the left side of the phantom at the level of the collar, although this correlation implicates high spreads (41 %). Nonetheless, for retrospective dose assessment, Hp(10) records are often the only option for eye dose estimates and the typically used chest left whole-body dose measurement remains useful.
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U2 - 10.1093/rpd/nct180
DO - 10.1093/rpd/nct180
M3 - Article
C2 - 23858492
AN - SCOPUS:84890184631
SN - 0144-8420
VL - 157
SP - 561
EP - 569
JO - Radiation protection dosimetry
JF - Radiation protection dosimetry
IS - 4
ER -