title: Effects of radiologists' skill and experience on patient doses in interventional examinations.
abstract: In this study, effects of radiologists' skill and experience on patient doses were investigated. Dose-area product and entrance surface doses of two groups of patients, one examined by a number of junior radiologists and another one by a senior radiologist, have been compared for the diagnostic interventional examinations of cerebral and lower limbs. Collimation of the X-ray beam and shortening the fluoroscopy times by the senior radiologist considerably reduced the patient doses for interventional cerebral examinations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, 06100 Tandoğan, Ankara, Turkey. bor@eng.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Doğan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bor
authors.forename: Tanzer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sancak
authors.forename: Türkay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toklu
authors.forename: Turan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Olgar
authors.forename: Selmin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ener
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D015641:Radiography, Interventional