Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 782-788 , June 2009

Estimating Radiation Doses to the Skin from Interventional Radiology Procedures for a Patient Population with Cancer

  • Lawrence T. Dauer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to L.T.D.
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  • Raymond Thornton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Yusuf Erdi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Hung Ching, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Klaus Hamacher, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Daniel C. Boylan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Matthew J. Williamson, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Stephen Balter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Jean St. Germain, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065

Received 5 September 2008 ,Revised 27 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 March 2009.

  • Image Result

    Histogram of estimated PSD for 3,945 instances of various interventional radiology procedures for oncology patients during 2006.

    Histogram of estimated PSD for 3,945 instances of various interventional radiology procedures for oncology patients during 2006.

  • Image Result

    Histogram of estimated PSD for 190 instances of embolization-related interventional radiology procedures for oncology patients during 2006.

    Histogram of estimated PSD for 190 instances of embolization-related interventional radiology procedures for oncology patients during 2006.

  • Image Result

    Range of estimated PSDs compared with the RAD-IR study (14).

    Range of estimated PSDs compared with the RAD-IR study (14).

 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00215-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.03.009

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 782-788 , June 2009

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