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K Mong
Bio: K Mong is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heart failure & Angina. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 4 citations.
Topics: Heart failure, Angina
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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: Coronary angiography is a common interventional diagnostic procedure that is used to diagnose cardiovascular conditions such as heart attack, heart failure and angina, Breast dose in CA is conventionally believed to be low and breast cancers arising.
Abstract: Coronary angiography (CA) is a common interventional diagnostic procedure that is used to diagnose cardiovascular conditions such as heart attack, heart failure and angina, Breast dose in CA is conventionally believed to be low and breast cancers arising
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01 Jun 1992
TL;DR: In this paper, risk assessments for human populations receiving low level radiation doses; workers routinely exposed to radiation, Japanese victims of nuclear bombs, and the general public are all considered, including cancer, mortality rates, risk estimates for nuclear site workers, and dosimetry.
Abstract: This report is concerned with risk assessments for human populations receiving low level radiation doses; workers routinely exposed to radiation, Japanese victims of nuclear bombs, and the general public are all considered. Topics covered include risk estimates for cancer, mortality rates, risk estimates for nuclear site workers, and dosimetry.
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TL;DR: Gafchromic XR‐QA2 film was used as an area dosimeter to capture the asymmetric dose distribution to the breasts at various tissue depths in an anthropomorphic phantom to demonstrate asymmetric radiation dose distribution in coronary angiography.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate asymmetric radiation dose distribution to the breasts in coronary angiography. Gafchromic XR-QA2 film was used as an area dosimeter to capture the asymmetric dose distribution to the breasts at various tissue depths in an anthropomorphic phantom. A selection of tube angulations were used under a controlled experiment and during a mock coronary angiography procedure. The Gafchromic XR-QA2 film was able to confirm the asymmetric distribution of radiation dose to the breast and provide a normalized breast dose value. The right breast received the majority of dose for most of the tube angulations in the controlled experiment. However the left breast received the most radiation dose during the mock procedure. Asymmetric dose distribution to the breasts is normally not observed if Monte Carlo based simulations are performed because individual breast dose calculations are not available. The application of a typical coronary angiogram determined in the experiment showed the normalized left breast dose is 0.16 mGy/ Gy.cm2 and the right breast dose is 0.08 mGy/ Gy.cm2.