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Trial reportEuropean radiology2013

Radiation dose to procedural personnel and patients from an X-ray volume imaging system.

Jijo Paul, Emmanuel C Mbalisike, Thomas J Vogl

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Trial report in European radiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Jijo PaulDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, J.W Goethe- University hospital, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany, jijopaul1980@gmail.com.
Emmanuel C Mbalisike
Thomas J Vogl

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Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the radiation dose received by procedural personnel and patients from an X-ray volume imaging (XVI) system during interventional procedures.

methodsForty patients were examined using catheter angiography (group A), digital subtraction angiography (group B) and cone-beam CT (CBCT, group C). Doses to procedural personnel (using thermo-luminescent dosimeters, TLDs) and patients were estimated. Image quality and lesion delineation were assessed using objective and subjective methods. Shapiro-Wilk, two-sided Student's t and Wilcoxon matched-pairs tests were used to test statistical significance.

resultsDoses (milligrays) measured in the hands and left knee of the interventionist were higher than those in an assistant physician (P < 0.05). Doses (dose-area product and skin entry dose) were lower in group A and higher in C compared with other groups; moreover, comparison among the groups were significant (all P = 0.0001). Subjective and objective lesion delineation showed significant results (all P < 0.05) among the tumour types considered. Image quality estimation showed the opposite results for objective and subjective analysis.

conclusionMore doses were obtained for hands of the procedural personnel compared to other anatomical regions measured. Catheter angiography showed lower dose compared with other imaging groups examined. Lesion delineation was clearly possible using CBCT. Objective and subjective analysis showed the opposite results regarding image quality because of higher noise levels and artefacts.

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Health PersonnelRadiation DosageAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAngiography, Digital SubtractionCone-Beam Computed TomographyContrast MediaFemaleFluoroscopyHumansLiver NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasms, Multiple PrimaryContrast Media

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