Patient organ radiation doses during treatment for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Clinical Neuroradiology
M SandborgS Rossitti

Abstract

The aim of this retrospective study was to estimate risk organ doses and to estimate radiation risks during the imaging work-up and treatment for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The imaging procedures comprised computed tomography and digital subtraction angiography studies for diagnosis or endovascular interventional procedures in 50 consecutive patients. Equivalent organ doses (H(T)) to skin, brain, eye lens, salivary glands, thyroid and oral mucosa were measured using thermoluminescence dosimeters in an anthropomorphic head phantom. Picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and radiological information system (RIS) records were analyzed and the frequency of each imaging procedure was recorded as well as the registered individual kerma-length product (P(KL)) and the kerma-area product (P(KA)). The doses were computed by multiplying the recorded P(KL) and P(KA) values by the conversion coefficients H(T)/P(KL) and H(T)/P(KA) from the head phantom. The mean fluoroscopy time, P(KL) and P(KA) were 38 min, 7269 mGy cm and 286 Gy cm(2), respectively. The estimated mean equivalent doses were as follows: skin 2.51 Sv, brain 0.92 Sv, eye lens 0.43 Sv and salivary glands 0.23 Sv. Maximum organ doses were 2.3-3.5 times ...Continue Reading

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