Background: Occupational head exposure to radiation in cardiologists may cause radiation induced cataracts and an increased risk of brain cancer. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of 0.5 mm lead equivalent caps, not previously used in invasive cardiology, in comparison with a 1.0 mm lead equivalent ceiling mounted lead glass screen. Design: An anthropomorphic Alderson-Rando phantom was ...

The present study evaluates the performance of a newly released photon-beam dose calculation algorithm that is incorporated into an established treatment planning system (TPS). We compared the analytical anisotropic algorithm (AAA) factory-commissioned with "golden beam data" for Varian linear accelerators with measurements performed at two institutions using 6-MV and 15-MV beams. The TG-53 eva...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We determined the radiation dose in patients' lenses during pituitary surgery with either conventional fluoroscopy or CT-guided neuronavigation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD-100H) were attached to the lenses of an anthropomorphic Alderson-Rando head phantom. Simulation of the conventional setup of continuous fluoroscopy (61 kV peak, 2.01 mAs) ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recently introduced 320-detector row CT enables whole brain perfusion imaging compared to a limited scanning area in 64-detector row CT. Our aim was to evaluate patient radiation exposure in comprehensive stroke imaging by using multidetector row CT consisting of standard CT of the head, CTA of cerebral and cervical vessels, and CTP. MATERIAL AND METHODS Organ doses wer...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the potential dose reduction in the uterus as a result of lead apron protection during thoracic CT scans. Moreover, the distribution of the radiation dose in the uterus was determined in order to obtain information about the ratio of internally and externally scattered radiation. MATERIALS AND METHODS The uterus doses during thoracic CT were de...

Introduction: Craniospinal radiotherapy is a therapeutic technique for central nervous system (CNS) tumors, which requires meticulous attention to technique and dosimetry.Treatment planning system (TPS) is one of the main equipment in radiotherapy; therefore, the evaluation of its accuracy is essential for dose calculation. The present study evaluates the validity of Isogray TPS in craniospinal...

The lethal muscle-wasting disorder, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is caused by mutations or deletions in the dystrophin gene. In skeletal and cardiac muscle, dystrophin associates with various proteins to form the dystrophinassociated protein complex (DAPC). The DAPC is thought to play a structural role in linking the actin cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix, stabilizing the sarcolemma dur...

PURPOSE The study was aimed to compare online 6 degree-of-freedom image registrations of TrueBeam cone-beam computed tomography and BrainLab ExacTrac X-ray imaging systems for intracranial radiosurgery. METHODS Phantom and patient studies were performed on a Varian TrueBeam STx linear accelerator (version 2.5), which is integrated with a BrainLab ExacTrac imaging system (version 6.1.1). The p...