title: Novel Dosimeter Using a Nontoxic Phosphor for Real-Time Monitoring of Patient Radiation Dose in Interventional Radiology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To our knowledge, no feasible method exists for real-time measurement of the radiation dose given to the patient during interventional radiology (IR) procedures. Therefore, we produced a prototype of a real-time dosimeter for patients undergoing IR that uses a nontoxic phosphor. The basic characteristics of the real-time dosimeter prototype are comparable to those of the previously used skin dose monitor, with the exception that our prototype has the distinct advantage of including multichannel sensors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The novel real-time dosimeter system is expected to be useful for measuring patient exposure to the radiation dose during IR procedures.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiological Technology, College of Medical Sciences, Tokohu University, 2-1 Seiryou-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiological Technology, College of Medical Sciences, Tokohu University, 2-1 Seiryou-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan.|2 Division of Disaster Medical Science, International Research Institute of Disaster Technology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chida
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiological Technology, College of Medical Sciences, Tokohu University, 2-1 Seiryou-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zuguchi
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011835:Radiation Protection; D015641:Radiography, Interventional
keywords: fluoroscopy; interventional radiology; patient skin dosimeter; radiation protection; real-time dose measurement