Keith Faulkner

TL;DR: The objective of the present project was the determination of the dose received by patients during cardiac procedures, such as coronary angiography, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and stent implantation, which showed the contribution of cinefluorography to the total DAP was higher than that of fluoroscopy.

TL;DR: The European DIMOND approach to defining reference levels (RLs) for radiation doses delivered to patients during two types of invasive cardiology procedures, namely coronary angiography and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, is described.

TL;DR: The published scientific literature was reviewed to collect information regarding effective dose levels during the most common CT examinations in adults and paediatrics and the justification principle is discussed along with tools that assist clinicians in the decision-making process.

TL;DR: It is important for both the optimization of protective clothing and the estimation of whole body effective dose equivalent that the broad beam shielding properties of lead under relevant working conditions are known.

TL;DR: Because equipment performance and set-up are the factors contributing to patient dose variability, entrance surface air kerma for fluoroscopy, 13 mGy min(-1), and image acquisition, 0.10 mGy per frame, have been proposed in the set of RLs.