Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3983828 | Clinical Radiology | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The large reductions in skin dose reduced the risk of patients suffering radiation injury and confirmed the validity of replacing ageing interventional fluoroscopy equipment with modern equipment that incorporates dose management systems. As patient skin dose was correlated with dose-area product, local reference dose levels were set in terms of dose-area product; this enabled the operator to monitor the likely maximum patient skin dose during embolization procedures. Other centres could use a similar method to set their own reference doses.
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Authors
R.B. Mooney, P.A. Flynn,