Estimation of patient skin dose in fluoroscopy: summary of a joint report by AAPM TG357 and EFOMP.

Background: Physicians use fixed C-arm fluoroscopy equipment with many interventional radiological and cardiological procedures. The associated effective dose to a patient is generally considered low risk, as the benefit-risk ratio is almost certainly highly favorable. However, X-ray-induced skin injuries may occur due to high absorbed patient skin doses from complex fluoroscopically guided interventions (FGI).

Validation and initial clinical use of automatic peak skin dose localization with fluoroscopic and interventional procedures.

Purpose: To assess the accuracy and initial clinical use of a software tool that automatically maps and records values of skin dose, including peak skin dose (PSD), administered to patients undergoing fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study, the institutional review board determined that this HIPAA-compliant study met the criteria as a quality assurance investigation. Informed consent was waived.

Automatic monitoring of localized skin dose with fluoroscopic and interventional procedures.

This software tool locates and computes the intensity of radiation skin dose resulting from fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures. It is comprised of multiple modules. Using standardized body specific geometric values, a software module defines a set of male and female patients arbitarily positioned on a fluoroscopy table.