Occupational Radiation Protection in Interventional Radiology: A Joint Guideline of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe and the Society of Interventional Radiology

Miller, Donald L.; Vañó, Eliseo; Bartal, Gabriel; Balter, Stephen; Dixon, Robert G.; Padovani, R.; Schueler, Beth A.; Cardella, John F.; Baère, Thierry De

doi:10.1007/s00270-009-9756-7

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6] While there is good awareness and understanding of radiation risks to staff from IR procedures, a lack of reliable values for eye doses has persisted. Recent publications have attempted to address this and have established that dose to the eyes can be significant, particularly if the X-ray tube is positioned over the patient table and if no ceiling-mounted lead screen or lead glasses are used; [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] however, more data on lens dose, particularly in terms of H p (3) (personal dose equivalent at 3 mm in soft tissue), is required.…”

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Occupational radiation dose to eyes from interventional radiology procedures in light of the new eye lens dose limit from the International Commission on Radiological Protection

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Occupational radiation dose to eyes from interventional radiology procedures in light of the new eye lens dose limit from the International Commission on Radiological Protection

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“…Frequent dose monitoring can reveal practices involving high exposures and thus determine the need for more objective and efficient radiological protection strategies. 5 To increase the accuracy in dosimetry, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) 5,6 recommends the use of two dosimeters, one inside personal protection items and one on the outer layer. This provides a more reliable estimate of the doses received by professionals.…”

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Proteção radiológica aplicada à radiologia intervencionista

Moura

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2015

J. vasc. bras.

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“…From equation (15) To determine thickness by using the linear attenuation factor obtained, we used equation (14). The results of thickness required for optimal shielding by using the attenuation factor method are shown in Table 9.…”

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“…During the design of the facility to comply with regulatory norms [9] in radiation protection, it is necessary to provide the shielding study, besides assuming all the security requirements [10], like demarcation of controlled and uncontrolled zones [11], limits and restrictions for the dose rate [12] [14]. These must comply: 1.…”

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“…For the public in general, the dose rate must be 1 mSv/year=0.02 mSv/week=0.5 μSv/h. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommends within the considerations not using directly the permitted dose limit, but the following restrictions for the annual dose: 1. for controlled zones, do not exceed a dose rate of 5 mSv/year and 2. for uncontrolled zones, do not exceed 0.3 mSv/year [12] [13] [14], this restriction is denoted with D .…”

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Shielding Calculation for Nuclear Medicine Services

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Nuclear medicine is a medical specialization that uses radioactive materials injected into the body to diagnose and treat human diseases. The use of different radionuclides and high amounts of radioactive materials makes it necessary for the facilities where these procedures are conducted to evaluate the corresponding shielding to comply with the design dose limits of a facility and avoid radiological accidents as recommended and accepted in international publications, like the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). This work compares two methods to calculate the shielding necessary to guarantee que las medicine service zones be safe from ionizing radiations. The first method consists in calculating the transmission factor B to find the thickness of the material necessary to protect the zone of interest, this factor is calculated by bearing in mind the occupancy factors, workloads, use factor, and the design objective dose limit. Upon obtaining the transmission factor B, half value layer (HVL) or tenth value layer (TVL) tables are used for each construction material, obtaining the thickness of the material. The other method is the calculation of is the calculation of rates of exposure through the air Kerma rate constant, then the XCOM databases are used, which were developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NITS) to obtain the attenuation coefficient, used in the law of exponential attenuation; finally, the necessary thickness of the material is obtained to reach the design objective. Finally, the principal differences between both methods are shown and an analysis is performed of the shielding optimization, seeking to set criteria to make recommendations to nuclear medicine services on optimal shielding.. Keywords: Dose rate limits, Radionuclides, Shielding, Transmission Factor B, Attenuation Coefficient, Use Factor, Occupancy Factor, Workload, Air Kerma Rate Constant, XCOM. 10Resumen La medicina nuclear es una especialidad médica que utiliza materiales radioactivos inyectados en el cuerpo para diagnóstico y tratamiento de enfermedades humanas. El uso de diferentes radionúclidos y altas cantidades de materiales radiactivos hace necesario que las instalaciones donde se realicen estos procedimientos evalúen los blindajes correspondientes para cumplir los límites de dosis de diseño de una instalación evitando así accidentes radiológicos recomendados y aceptados en las publicaciones internacionales como el ICRP (International Commision on Radiological Protection) y el NCRP (National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurments). En este trabajo se comparan dos métodos para el cálculo de los blindajes necesarios para garantizar que las zonas del servicio de medicina sean seguras a las radiaciones ionizantes. El primer método consiste en calcular el factor de transmisión B para hallar el espesor del material necesario para proteger la zona de interés, este factor se calcula teniendo en cuenta...

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Occupational Radiation Protection in Interventional Radiology: A Joint Guideline of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe and the Society of Interventional Radiology

Cited by 247 publications

References 46 publications

Occupational radiation dose to eyes from interventional radiology procedures in light of the new eye lens dose limit from the International Commission on Radiological Protection

Occupational radiation dose to eyes from interventional radiology procedures in light of the new eye lens dose limit from the International Commission on Radiological Protection

Proteção radiológica aplicada à radiologia intervencionista

Shielding Calculation for Nuclear Medicine Services

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