[Reduction method of patients' radiation dose considering the size of field of view with a digital cine X-ray system loading a flat-panel detector]

Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi. 2011;67(11):1443-7. doi: 10.6009/jjrt.67.1443.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Angiographic equipment has tended toward using flat-panel detector (FPD). However, the radiation dose varies depending on the size of field of view (FOV) in the FPD. Although we were using 7 inch FOV in cardiac procedures, we examined a way to reduce the patients' radiation dose by using 8 inch FOV utilizing a digital zoom processing. We measured the absorbed dose rates at an interventional reference point (IRP) with 20 cm acrylic board to compare 8 inch FOV using a digital zoom processing with 7 inch FOV. Additionally we visually evaluated these phantom images. Result of comparison of absorbed dose rates at IRP, 8 inch FOV using a digital zoom processing was reduced more than 7 inch FOV (fluoroscopic 29.0% and digital cine 37.5%). These phantom images were of equivalent quality. The method to use 8 inch FOV utilizing a digital zoom processing technique in cardiac procedures is one of the effective radiation exposure reduction methods.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Quality Improvement
  • Radiation Dosage*
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods*
  • X-Ray Intensifying Screens*