title: Effective dose during abdominal three-dimensional imaging with a flat-panel detector angiography system.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to measure the effective dose during abdominal three-dimensional imaging obtained with an angiography unit with a digital flat-panel system on a phantom and to determine dose-area product (DAP)-to-effective dose conversion factors. DAPs and effective doses were evaluated for 163-cm-tall human-shaped phantoms with estimated body weights of 54, 64, and 77 kg, and the effective doses were 2.1, 3.2, and 4.2 mSv, respectively. The DAP-to-effective dose conversion factors were 0.28-0.29 mSv x Gy(-1) x cm(-2). In conclusion, the DAPs were useful for estimating the effective dose during abdominal three-dimensional angiographic imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furui
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Toshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000295:instrumentation*