title: Application of the ELDO approach to assess cumulative eye lens doses for interventional cardiologists.
abstract: In preparation of a large European epidemiological study on the relation between eye lens dose and the occurrence of lens opacities, the European ELDO project focused on the development of practical methods to estimate retrospectively cumulative eye lens dose for interventional medical professionals exposed to radiation. The present paper applies one of the ELDO approaches, correlating eye lens dose to whole-body doses, to assess cumulative eye lens dose for 14 different Finnish interventional cardiologists for whom annual whole-body dose records were available for their entire working period. The estimated cumulative left and right eye lens dose ranged from 8 to 264 mSv and 6 to 225 mSv, respectively. In addition, calculations showed annual eye lens doses sometimes exceeding the new ICRP annual limit of 20 mSv. The work also highlights the large uncertainties associated with the application of such an approach proving the need for dedicated dosimetry systems in the routine monitoring of the eye lens dose.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Dosimétrie des Rayonnements Ionisants, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) - PRP-HOM/SDE - BP17, Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex 92262, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Farah
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Protection Dosimetry and Calibration, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, Mol BE-2400, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Struelens
authors.affiliation: Research and Environmental Surveillance Department, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, PO BOX 14, Helsinki 00881, Finland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Auvinen
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Dosimétrie des Rayonnements Ionisants, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) - PRP-HOM/SDE - BP17, Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex 92262, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.affiliation: Division of Licensing and Inspections, Greek Atomic Energy Commission, PO Box 60092, Ag. Paraskevi, Athens 15310, Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koukorava
authors.affiliation: Radiation Epidemiology Unit, Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, Oberschleißheim 85764, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schnelzer
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Protection Dosimetry and Calibration, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, Mol BE-2400, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vanhavere
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Dosimétrie des Rayonnements Ionisants, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) - PRP-HOM/SDE - BP17, Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex 92262, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clairand
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000293:injuries / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity