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Real time patient dosimetry in the cath lab: Can you see what they get?
Author(s) -
Chambers Charles E.,
Koduri Hemantha K.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.27563
Subject(s) - cath lab , medicine , kerma , dosimetry , radiation monitoring , conventional pci , radiation protection , medical physics , radiation dose , nuclear medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction
Key Points Real time radiation dose monitoring in the cath lab may provide immediate feedback for potential dose reduction during PCI. Radiation dose monitoring to predict potential tissue injury utilizes equipment measured air Kerma at the interventional reference point (IRP) with then calculated specific tissue peak skin dose. The role of the cath lab Quality Committee is not only to assess individual high dose radiation cases but also to create processes and assess new technologies to assure radiation dose is best utilized in all cases.