Performance of the DOSIRIS™ eye lens dosimeter

J Radiol Prot. 2019 Sep;39(3):N19-N26. doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ab2729. Epub 2019 Jun 5.

Abstract

Monitoring and protecting of occupational eye doses in interventional radiology (IR) are very important matters. DOSIRIS™ is the useful solution to estimate the 3 mm dose-equivalent (Hp(3)), and it can be worn behind lead glasses. And DOSIRIS™, adjustable according to 3 axes, it is ideally placed as close to the eye and in contact with the skin. So, DOSIRIS™ will be suitable eye lens dosimeter. However, the fundamental characteristics of the DOSIRIS™ in the diagnostic x-ray energy domain (including that of IR x-ray systems) remain unclear. Here, we evaluated the performance of the dosimeter in that energy range. As a result, the DOSIRIS™ has good fundamental characteristics (batch uniformity, dose linearity, energy dependence, and angular dependence) in the diagnostic x-ray energy domain. We conclude that the DOSIRIS™ has satisfactory basic performance for occupational eye dosimetry in diagnostic x-ray energy settings (including IR x-ray systems).

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Eye Protective Devices
  • Humans
  • Lens, Crystalline / radiation effects*
  • Occupational Exposure / analysis*
  • Radiation Dosimeters*