The Experience in Dose Measurement of IVR with Glass Dosimeter System

  • Nishizawa, Kanae (Dept. Medical Physics, NIRS) ;
  • Moritake, Takashi (Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba) ;
  • Iwai, Kazuo (Fac. Dentistry, Nihon Univ.) ;
  • Matsumaru, Yuji (Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba) ;
  • Tsuboi, Koji (Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba) ;
  • Maruyama, Takashi (Dept. Medical Physics, NIRS)
  • 발행 : 2002.09.01

초록

It is reported that exposure for the patient and the medical staff from IVR is large. Direct measurement of patient exposure is difficult, since the measurement disturbs reading of images. The fluorescence glass-dosimeter system consisting of small-size glass chips is developed in recent years. Owing to its small size and physical characteristics, direct monitoring of surface dose may be feasible. The dose measurement for patient and medical staff during head interventional radiology (IVR) examinations was tried by using the fluorescence glass-dosimeter system. A dose response of the glass dosimeter is almost linear in large dose range but its energy dependency is high. About 20% variation of sensitivity was observed in the effective energy of 45-60keV which was used in IVR. In spite of this shortcoming, the fluorescence glass-dosimeter system is a convenient means for a dose monitoring during IVR performance.

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