title: VERIFICATION OF INDICATED SKIN ENTRANCE AIR KERMA FOR CARDIAC X-RAY-GUIDED INTERVENTION USING GAFCHROMIC FILM.
abstract: The aim of this work was to verify the indicated maximum entrance surface air kerma (ESAK) using a GE Innova IGS 520 imaging system during cardiac interventional procedures. Gafchromic XR RV3 films were used for the patient measurements to monitor the maximum ESAK. The films were scanned and calibrated to measure maximum ESAK. Thermoluminescent dosemeters were used to measure the backscatter factor from an anthropomorphic thorax phantom. The measured backscatter factor, 1.53, was in good agreement with Monte Carlo simulations but higher than the one used by the imaging system, 1.20. The median of the ratio between indicated maximum ESAK and measured maximum ESAK was 0.68. In this work, the indicated maximum ESAK by the imaging system's dose map model underestimates the measured maximum ESAK by 32 %. The threshold ESAK for follow-up procedures for patient with skin dose in excess of 2 Gy will be reduced to 1.4 Gy.
authors.affiliation: Medical Radiation Physics, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden jonas.nilsson.althen@regionostergotland.se.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nilsson Althén
authors.affiliation: Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Medical and Health Sciences and Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sandborg
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D000886:Anthropometry; D002138:Calibration; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology; D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014965:X-Rays