An assessment of scattered radiation during fluoroscopic procedures in diagnostic radiology

Factors Influencing Radiation Use During Fluoroscopic Procedures

Radiation injuries after fluoroscopic procedures.

Fluoroscopically guided diagnostic and interventional procedures have become much more commonplace over the last decade. Current fluoroscopes are easily capable of producing dose rates in the range of 0.2 Gy (20 rads) per minute. The dose rate often changes dramatically with patient positioning and size. Most machines currently in use have no method to display approximate patient dose other tha...

Radiation Protection in Diagnostic Radiology

This paper summarizes technological advances in diagnostic radiography, fluoroscopy and computed tomography, mainly the developments in digital detectors and helical CT scanners with multiple-row detectors. It reviews dosimetric concepts and presents the most up-to-date information on the global patterns of use of radiological modalities as well as the trends in diagnostic medical exposure dose...

Interventional Radiology: Vascular Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures

For the most part, a system of component coding is used in these cases, in order to accurately describe the separately identifiable surgical and imaging services performed by the radiologist. In this way, the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code structure recognizes that there can be variations in the services performed during diagnostic angiography and vascular transcatheter therapies, wh...

Reduced Radiation Dose in Diagnostic Radiology

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Within the past 20 years, the radiographic examination in the medical field has increased by a factor of about 3 to 5 times, while the total radiation dose has increased by a factor of about 200-400. This has ascribed to the rapid increase in CT usage (1). T...