Erratum: “Review of kerma‐area product, effective dose and dose conversion coefficients for non‐cardiac interventional fluoroscopy procedures” [Med. Phys. 47, 975‐982 (2020)

Interventional cardiovascular procedures in Belgium: effective dose and conversion factors.

Effective dose (E), representing the risk of late radiation-induced effects, can be estimated by the use of conversion factors (CF), converting direct measurable quantities such as dose-area-product into E. Eight Belgian hospitals participated in the study with a total number of 318 procedures. E-values, calculated with PCXMC, were compared for the different hospitals for diagnostic and therape...

Erratum to: Conversion coefficients for the estimation of effective dose in cone-beam CT

PURPOSE To determine the conversion coefficients (CCs) from the dose-area product (DAP) value to effective dose in cone-beam CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS A CBCT scanner with four fields of view (FOV) was used. Using two exposure settings of the adult standard and low dose exposure, DAP values were measured with a DAP meter in C mode (200mm×179 mm), P mode (154 mm×154 mm), I mode (102 mm×102 mm),...

Calculation of Effective Dose Conversion Coefficients for Electrons

CT fluoroscopy--guided interventional procedures: techniques and radiation dose to radiologists.

PURPOSE To determine the radiation dose to radiologists who perform computed tomographic (CT) fluoroscopic interventional procedures by using a quick-check method and a low-milliampere technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred twenty CT fluoroscopy--guided interventional procedures were performed in 189 patients. Procedures included 57 spinal injections, 17 spinal biopsies, 24 chest biopsi...

Evaluation of Radiation Doses and Dose Conversion Coefficients for Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Procedures

Pediatric cardiac catheterization covers both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that range from simple to complex and can subject pediatric patients to varying radiation doses. There is limited information on radiation doses delivered by pediatric cardiac catheterization procedures and there is no recommended reference dose levels established yet. The study aims to determine the variation i...