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British Journal of Radiology (2003) 76, 332-336
© 2003 British Institute of Radiology
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



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  		Figure 1. Experimental determination of the optical density versus pixel value for a Lumiscan 75 digitizer showing a linear behaviour.

 


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  		Figure 2. Dose vs. optical density curves for Kodak EDR2 and X-OMAT-V films showing the linear ranges and saturation points.

 


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  		Figure 3. Variation of film speed index with developer temperature: Kodak EDR2 film.

 


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  		Figure 4. Irradiation fields registered with the X-Omat V film for a patient undergoing a coronary intervention with a dose–area product (DAP) of 109 Gy cm2. ROI, region of interest; IVB, intravascular brachytherapy; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; MSD, maximum skin dose.

 


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  		Figure 5. Irradiation fields registered with the Kodak EDR2 film for a patient undergoing a coronary intervention with a dose–area product (DAP) of 238 Gy cm2. PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; MSD, maximum skin dose; IVB, intravascular brachytherapy.

 




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