title: Film dosimetry for fluoroscopic procedures: potential errors.
abstract: Kodak EDR 2 film was calibrated across the range of beam qualities and exposure rates typically used in our cardiac catheterisation laboratory. Its dose-response curve was successfully modelled up to its saturation point of 1 Gy. The consistency of the film's response with film batch, time between exposure and processing processor and day-to-day variations in performance, was investigated. The effects of field size, exposure rate, beam quality and use of the dynamic wedge filter were quantified. The overall uncertainty in dose was estimated to be between -20% and +40%, at 160 mGy. This uncertainty increases as the film approaches its saturation point. In addition, some unusual artefacts were observed.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Directorate, Nottingham City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK. rmorrel1@ncht.trent.nhs.uk
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Morrell
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D002404:Catheterization; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011874:Radiometry; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D014962:X-Ray Film; D014965:X-Rays