TY - JOUR
T1 - Fundamental study on the characteristics of a radiophotoluminescence glass dosemeter with no energy compensation filter for measuring patient entrance doses in cardiac interventional procedures
AU - Kato, Mamoru
AU - Chida, Koichi
AU - Moritake, Takashi
AU - Koguchi, Yasuhiro
AU - Sato, Tadaya
AU - Oosaka, Hajime
AU - Tosa, Tetsuo
AU - Kadowaki, Ken
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - Cardiac interventional procedures have been increasing year by year. However, radiation skin injuries have been still reported. There is a necessity to measure the patient entrance skin dose (ESD), but an accurate dose measurement method has not been established. To measure the ESD, a lot of radiophotoluminescence dosemeters (RPLDs) provide an accurate measurement of the direct actual ESD at the points they are arrayed. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of RPLD to measure the ESD. As a result, X-ray permeable RPLD (with no tin filter) did not interfere with the percutaneous coronary intervention procedure. The RPLD also had good fundamental performance characteristics. Although the RPLD had a little energy dependence, it showed excellent dose and dose-rate linearity, and good angular dependence. In conclusion, by calibrating the energy dependence, RPLDs are useful dosemeter to measure the ESD in cardiac intervention.
AB - Cardiac interventional procedures have been increasing year by year. However, radiation skin injuries have been still reported. There is a necessity to measure the patient entrance skin dose (ESD), but an accurate dose measurement method has not been established. To measure the ESD, a lot of radiophotoluminescence dosemeters (RPLDs) provide an accurate measurement of the direct actual ESD at the points they are arrayed. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of RPLD to measure the ESD. As a result, X-ray permeable RPLD (with no tin filter) did not interfere with the percutaneous coronary intervention procedure. The RPLD also had good fundamental performance characteristics. Although the RPLD had a little energy dependence, it showed excellent dose and dose-rate linearity, and good angular dependence. In conclusion, by calibrating the energy dependence, RPLDs are useful dosemeter to measure the ESD in cardiac intervention.
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U2 - 10.1093/rpd/nct300
DO - 10.1093/rpd/nct300
M3 - Article
C2 - 24277872
AN - SCOPUS:84928689509
VL - 162
SP - 224
EP - 229
JO - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
JF - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
SN - 0144-8420
IS - 3
ER -