Skin doses to patients undergoing coronary angiography in a Greek hospital
- 29 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Vol. 113 (4) , 449-452
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/nch486
Abstract
In this study, the skin dose (SD) to patients undergoing coronary angiography (CA) were measured with thermoluminescence dosemeters (TLD) attached to various anatomical locations on the patient's skin during 93 CA procedures in a Greek hospital. The dose–area product (DAP) for every radiological projection was also measured for each procedure. The SD values were measured to be in the range 2.4–427.5 mGy, lower than the 2 Gy dose threshold for transient erythema. No general correlation was observed between the SD and the total DAP.Keywords
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