Optimizing left anterior oblique (LAO) caudal imaging in coronary angiography using the Taguchi method: A phantom study with clinical verification.

The aim of this work tried to optimize the spider view of the coronary angiograph for the clinical diagnosis of cardiac artery disease by cardiologists. A qualified spider view in coronary angiography must be exactly a "quasi-spider" image, which can help to diagnose a lesion in left main coronary artery and related regions. Coronary artery phantom was placed in a 75 mm-thick acrylic box to model a 70 kg human thorax.

Evaluate the radioactivity along the central thimble hole of a decommissioned heavy water research reactor using TLD approach.

The radioactivity along the central thimble hole of a decommissioned heavy water research reactor, TRR, was evaluated using TLD approach. The decay radionuclide was verified to be Co-60. The dose along the TRR central thimble hole was detected and revised by performing an unfolding analysis.