title: Kodak EDR2 film for patient skin dose assessment in cardiac catheterization procedures.
abstract: Patient skin doses were measured using Kodak EDR2 film for 20 coronary angiography (CA) and 32 percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures. For CA, all skin doses were well below 1 Gy. However, 23% of PTCA patients received skin doses of 1 Gy or more. Dose-area product (DAP) was also recorded and was found to be an inadequate indicator of maximum skin dose. Practical compliance with ICRP recommendations requires a robust method for skin dosimetry that is more accurate than DAP and is applicable over a wider dose range than EDR2 film.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Directorate, Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Morrell
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000592:standards; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000592:standards*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000592:standards; D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014962:X-Ray Film / Q000592:standards*