AI Article Synopsis
- The study examined how the skill and experience of radiologists affect the amount of radiation patients are exposed to during diagnostic interventional exams.
- It compared two patient groups: one treated by junior radiologists and the other by a senior radiologist, focusing on doses received during cerebral and lower limb procedures.
- The findings revealed that the senior radiologist's techniques, such as better collimation of the X-ray beam and shorter fluoroscopy times, significantly lowered patient radiation doses during cerebral examinations.
Article Abstract
In this study, effects of radiologists' skill and experience on patient doses were investigated. Dose-area product and entrance surface doses of two groups of patients, one examined by a number of junior radiologists and another one by a senior radiologist, have been compared for the diagnostic interventional examinations of cerebral and lower limbs. Collimation of the X-ray beam and shortening the fluoroscopy times by the senior radiologist considerably reduced the patient doses for interventional cerebral examinations.
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