Proposed diagnostic reference levels for 3 common cardiac interventional procedures in Ireland

C. D'Helft; A. M. McGee; L. A. Rainford; S. L. Mc Fadden; C. M. Hughes; R. J. Winder; P. C. Brennan

doi:10.1117/12.714173

13 March 2007 Proposed diagnostic reference levels for 3 common cardiac interventional procedures in Ireland

C. D'Helft, A. M. McGee, L. A. Rainford, S. L. Mc Fadden, C. M. Hughes, R. J. Winder, P. C. Brennan

Proceedings Volume 6510, Medical Imaging 2007: Physics of Medical Imaging; 651013 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.714173
Event: Medical Imaging, 2007, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Radiation doses for 3 common types of cardiac radiological examinations where investigated: coronary angiography (CA), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and pacemaker insertions (PPI). 22 cardiac imaging suites participated in the study. Radiation dose was monitored for 1804 adult patients using dose area product (DAP) meters. Operational and examination details such as cardiologist grade, patient details and examination complexity were recorded for each examination. Both intra and inter-hospital variations where demonstrated by the results. Individual patient DAP values ranged from 136-23,101cGycm², 475-41,038cGycm² and 45- 17,192cGycm² for CA, PCI and PPI respectively, with third quartile values of 4,173cGycm², 8,836cGycm² and 2,051cGycm². Screening times varied from 0.22-27.6mins, 1.8-98mins and 0.33-54.5mins for CA, PCI and PPI respectively.

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C. D'Helft, A. M. McGee, L. A. Rainford, S. L. Mc Fadden, C. M. Hughes, R. J. Winder, and P. C. Brennan "Proposed diagnostic reference levels for 3 common cardiac interventional procedures in Ireland", Proc. SPIE 6510, Medical Imaging 2007: Physics of Medical Imaging, 651013 (13 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.714173

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