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British Journal of Radiology (2003) 76, 332-336
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doi: 10.1259/bjr/47455149
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Practical aspects for the evaluation of skin doses in interventional cardiology using a new slow film

E Guibelalde, PhD 1 E Vano, PhD 1,2 L Gonzalez, PhD 1 C Prieto, MSc 2 J M Fernandez, MSc 2 and J I Ten, MSc 3

1 Medical Physics Group, Department of Radiology, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, 2 Medical Physics Service, San Carlos Hospital, 28040 Madrid and 3 Diagnostic Radiology Service, San Carlos Hospital, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Mapping skin doses in complex fluoroscopy interventions is useful to determine the probability of a possible injury, to detect areas of overlapping irradiation fields and to obtain a permanent register of the most exposed patient skin areas. To fulfil this task, large films with slow X-ray response can be used. Recently, Kodak has introduced a new radiotherapy verification film, named EDR2 (Extended Dose Range). The aim of this paper is to analyse the possibilities of using this new film for estimating skin dose distributions in interventions with potentially higher doses, such as complex percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), intravascular brachytherapy procedures (IVB) or cardiac ablations. The EDR2 film by Kodak is an improved option to be used in interventional cardiology to obtain maps of patient skin doses and to estimate maximum skin doses up to 1400 mGy. Film kVp dependence is negligible and the processor conditions can be standardized to obtain skin dose estimations. The linear range for accurate dose measurements is from 50 mGy to 500 mGy.




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