The influence of patient size on patient doses in cardiology

摘要: In cardiology and interventional radiology, areas that contribute large components to medical radiation exposure, a major source of variation in patient dose is the complexity between cases for nominally identical procedures. surveys, this tends mask due size. The effect applying previously defined size correction dose-area product (DAP) records was investigated. method uses experimentally determined relationship diameter DAP derive factor convert which would be expected had been similar ICRP Reference Man. found greatly reduce residual correlation with weight. An implication finding data collection setting diagnostic reference levels can performed all patients rather than just 'standard-sized' patients.