Effects of radiologists' skill and experience on patient doses in interventional examinations.
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.
Bor
Doğan
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Department of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, 06100 Tandoğan, Ankara, Turkey. bor@eng.ankara.edu.tr
Sancak
Tanzer
T
Toklu
Türkay
T
Olgar
Turan
T
Ener
Selmin
S
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