Fluoroscopically-guided interventions with radiation doses exceeding 5000 mGy reference point air kerma: a dosimetric analysis of 89,549 interventional radiology, neurointerventional radiology, vascular surgery, and neurosurgery encounters

Abstract Purpose To quantify and categorize fluoroscopically-guided procedures with radiation doses exceeding 5000 mGy reference point air kerma (Ka,r). Ka,r > 5000 mGy has been defined as a “significant radiation dose” by the Society of Interventional Radiology. Identification and analysis of in...

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Main Authors: Jacob J. Bundy, Ian W. McCracken, David S. Shin, Eric J. Monroe, Guy E. Johnson, Christopher R. Ingraham, Kalpana M. Kanal, Richa A. Bundy, Sean T. Jones, Karim Valji, Jeffrey Forris Beecham Chick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
Series:CVIR Endovascular
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42155-020-00159-6