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17704504

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
Purpose of the study was to determine patient doses in the most common interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed in two large Greek hospitals. A total of 164 patients who underwent 4 types of IR procedures were studied. Fluoroscopy time, total exposure time, number of frames, number of runs, radiation field size, and cumulative dose-area product (DAP) were recorded. The median DAP values for carotid arteriography and lower limb arteriography were 66 and 123 Gy cm2 for hospital 'A' and 21 and 49 Gy cm2 for hospital 'B'. For the cerebral arteriographies performed in hospital 'A', the median DAP was 116 Gy cm2, while for the hepatic embolizations performed in hospital 'B', it was 104 Gy cm2. The DAP values observed in hospital 'A' for carotid arteriography and lower limb arteriography were almost three times than those of hospital 'B'. From the data analysis, it is evident that dose optimization in hospital 'A' should be pursued through revision of the techniques used.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0144-8420
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
124
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
97-102
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of patient doses in interventional radiology procedures performed in two large hospitals in Greece.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Physics Dpt, Ippokrateio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article