Monte Carlo study of patient and medical staff radiation exposures during interventional cardiology
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en
Article de revue
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Physica Medica. 2021-02, vol. 82, p. 200-210
Elsevier
English Abstract
The aim of this study is to assess the radiation exposure of the patient and the medical staff during interventional cardiology procedures. Realistic exposure scenarios were developed using the adult reference anthropomorphic ...Read more >
The aim of this study is to assess the radiation exposure of the patient and the medical staff during interventional cardiology procedures. Realistic exposure scenarios were developed using the adult reference anthropomorphic phantoms adopted by the International Commission on Radiological Protection ( ICRP110Male and ICRP110Female), and the radiation transport code G eant4 (version 10.3). The calculated equivalent and effective doses were normalised by the simulated Kerma-Area Product (KAP), resulting in two conversion coefficients HT/KAP and E/KAP. To properly evaluate the risk of exposure, several dose-dependent parameters have been investigated, namely: radiological parameters (tube kilovoltage peak (kVp), type of projection, field size (FOV)), and operator positions. Four projections ( AP,PA,LAO25° and RAO25°) were simulated for three X-ray energy spectra ( 80,100 and 120 kVp) with four different values of FOV ( 15×15 cm2,20×20 cm2,25×25 cm2 and 30×30 cm2). The results showed that the conversion coefficients values increase with increasing tube voltage as well as the FOV size. Recommended projection during the interventional cardiology procedures, whenever possible, should be the PA projection rather than AP projection. The most critical projection for the patient and the main operator is the RAO25° projection and the LAO25° projection respectively. The comparison of our results with the literature data showed good agreement allowing their use in the dosimetric characterization of interventional cardiology procedures.Read less <
English Keywords
Interventional cardiology
Numerical human phantom
Effective dose
Equivalent dose
Geant4
numerical human phantom
effective dose
equivalent dose
GEANT4 code
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Hal imported