Characterization of GafChromic XR-RV2 film and comparator strip using a flatbed scanner in reflection mode
- Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Toluca Paseo Tollocan S/N, esquina con Jesus Carranza Colonia Moderna de la Cruz, CP 50180, Toluca, Estado de Mexico (Mexico)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Carretera Mexico Toluca s/n, La Marquesa, CP 5275, Ocoyoacan (Mexico)
- Laboratorio de Fisica Medica, Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia. Insurgentes Sur 3677, Col. La Fama, CP 14269, Tlalpan, Mexico, D. F. (Mexico)
Interventional cardiology procedures are an effective alternative for the reestablishment of correct sanguineous circulation in the heart. However, this kind of procedures exposes to the patients to a relatively high radiation doses. Usually, the surface peak skin dose is evaluated using a visual scale with a comparator strip, nevertheless, even if the comparator strip provides a simple and quick method for estimating the dose it has an uncertainty of {+-}25%. For this reason, a better evaluation method is needed. The objective of our project is to determine the surface peak skin dose of interventional cardiology procedures using GafChromic XR-RV2 film together with a commercial flatbed scanner in reflection mode. Here we report a protocol to handle GafChromic XR-RV2 film using a commercial flat bed scanner in reflection mode aiming at an uncertainty of {+-}3%.
- OSTI ID:
- 21506963
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1310, Issue 1; Conference: 11. Mexican symposium on medical physics, Mexico City (Mexico), 19-22 Mar 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3531581; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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