Evaluation of the dose to the patient and medical staff in interventional cardiology employing computational models.
Interventional radiology, among guided X-rays procedures, is a methodology characterised by high level of doses, both for the patient and for the medical staff. The aim of the present study is to estimate the dose associated with coronary angiography procedures by means of numerical models (simplified and anthropomorphic) and MCNPX Monte Carlo code. Numerical estimates were supported by measurement performed with a dose area product meter that is commonly employed in such kind of studies. In the present work the main considerations and the preliminary results are presented.
Ferrari
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ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Radiation Protection Institute, 16 Via dei Colli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
Venturi
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Gualdrini
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Rossi
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Mariselli
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Zannoli
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D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011835:Radiation Protection; D015642:Radiology, Interventional