TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of eye lens doses of interventional cardiologists
AU - Yokoyama, Sumi
AU - Suzuki, Shoichi
AU - Toyama, Hiroshi
AU - Arakawa, Shinji
AU - Inoue, Satoshi
AU - Kinomura, Yutaka
AU - Kobayashi, Ikuo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2016.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The effective dose of medical staff members, especially interventional radiologists and cardiologists, is classified as a relatively high level. We measured the dose for interventional cardiologists by using optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters (OSLDs). However, this quantity is not the same as Hp (3). In experiments, the dose at the eye-lens position of a phantom were measured using OSLDs and thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs). A conversion factor from dose measured by using TLDs to OSLDs was estimated from these results. In addition, the eye doses of interventional cardiologists in clinical situations were measured, and the effect of eyewear on the eye-lens dose was discussed.
AB - The effective dose of medical staff members, especially interventional radiologists and cardiologists, is classified as a relatively high level. We measured the dose for interventional cardiologists by using optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters (OSLDs). However, this quantity is not the same as Hp (3). In experiments, the dose at the eye-lens position of a phantom were measured using OSLDs and thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs). A conversion factor from dose measured by using TLDs to OSLDs was estimated from these results. In addition, the eye doses of interventional cardiologists in clinical situations were measured, and the effect of eyewear on the eye-lens dose was discussed.
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U2 - 10.1093/rpd/ncw321
DO - 10.1093/rpd/ncw321
M3 - Article
C2 - 27885073
AN - SCOPUS:85019476434
SN - 0144-8420
VL - 173
SP - 218
EP - 222
JO - Radiation protection dosimetry
JF - Radiation protection dosimetry
IS - 1
ER -