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Diagnostic and interventional radiology: a strategy to introduce reference dose level taking into account the national practice

Verdun, Francis R. ; Aroua, A. ; Trueb, Ph. R. ; Vock, P. ; Valley, Jean-François

In: Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2005, vol. 114, no. 1-3, p. 188-191

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    Titre
    • Diagnostic and interventional radiology: a strategy to introduce reference dose level taking into account the national practice
    Auteur
    • Verdun, Francis R.. University Institute for Applied Radiophysics, Grand-Pré 1, CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Aroua, A.. University Institute for Applied Radiophysics, Grand-Pré 1, CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Trueb, Ph. R.. Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Bern, Switzerland
    • Vock, P.. Universitätsspital Bern, Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Bern, Switzerland
    • Valley, Jean-François. University Institute for Applied Radiophysics, Grand-Pré 1, CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Inglese
    Publié dans
    • Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2005, vol. 114, no. 1-3, p. 188-191. Oxford University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Classification
    • Santé
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:293754
    Summary
    The purpose of this study is to present a strategy to define the reference dose levels for fluoroscopic, dose-intensive examinations. This work is a part of the project of the Federal Office of Public Health of Switzerland to translate the guidelines of the International Commission on Radiological Protection and the European Union into action. The study will also be used to set reference dose levels on the basis of a national survey. All the fluoroscopic units, involved in the survey, were equipped with a KAP (kerma-area product) meter. All KAP meters were first calibrated to ensure the comparability of the dose measurements. The doses and the dose rates together with subjective image quality measurements were acquired in all the centres. Eight types of examination were chosen by a panel of radiologists, and each of the five centres involved agreed to monitor 20 patients per examination type. A wide variation in the dose and the image quality in fixed geometry was observed. For example, the skin dose rate for abdominal examinations varied in the range of 12-42 mGy min−1 for comparable image quality. Average KAP values of 67, 178, 106, 102, 473, 205, 307 and 316 Gy cm2 were recorded for barium meal, abdominal angiography, cerebral angiography, barium enema, hepatic embolisation, biliary drainage, cerebral embolisation and femoral stenting, respectively. The values obtained in this limited study are generally higher than the ones available in the literature and strategies to optimise these studies have to be discussed. A strict control concerning the denomination of the examination type involved in such a study is mandatory to obtain reliable data. This can only be done through a close collaboration between physicians, radiographers and medical physicists