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Development of Diagnostic Reference Levels Using a Real-Time Radiation Dose Monitoring System at a Cardiovascular Center in Korea

Authors: Jungsu Kim, Deoknam Seo, Inseok Choi, Sora Nam, Yongsu Yoon, Hyunji Kim, Jae Her, Seonggyu Han, Soonmu Kwon, Hunsik Park, Dongheon Yang, Jungmin Kim

Published in: Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine | Issue 6/2015

Abstract

Digital cardiovascular angiography accounts for a major portion of the radiation dose among the examinations performed at cardiovascular centres. However, dose-related information is neither monitored nor recorded systemically. This report concerns the construction of a radiation dose monitoring system based on digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) data and its use at the cardiovascular centre of the University Hospitals in Korea. The dose information was analysed according to DICOM standards for a series of procedures, and the formulation of diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) at our cardiovascular centre represents the first of its kind in Korea. We determined a dose area product (DAP) DRL for coronary angiography of 75.6 Gy cm² and a fluoroscopic time DRL of 318.0 s. The DAP DRL for percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention was 213.3 Gy cm², and the DRL for fluoroscopic time was 1207.5 s.

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Title: Development of Diagnostic Reference Levels Using a Real-Time Radiation Dose Monitoring System at a Cardiovascular Center in Korea
Authors: Jungsu Kim
Deoknam Seo
Inseok Choi
Sora Nam
Yongsu Yoon
Hyunji Kim
Jae Her
Seonggyu Han
Soonmu Kwon
Hunsik Park
Dongheon Yang
Jungmin Kim
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 2948-2925
Electronic ISSN: 2948-2933
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-015-9773-9

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Development of Diagnostic Reference Levels Using a Real-Time Radiation Dose Monitoring System at a Cardiovascular Center in Korea

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