Use of active personal dosemeters in interventional radiology and cardiology: Tests in laboratory conditions and recommendations - ORAMED project

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Inproceedings: an article in a conference proceedings.
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Title
Use of active personal dosemeters in interventional radiology and cardiology: Tests in laboratory conditions and recommendations - ORAMED project
Title of the conference
ORAMED 2011, International Workshop on Optimization of Radiation Protection of Medical Staff
Author(s)
Clairand I., Bordy J.-M., Carinou E., Daures J., Debroas J., Denozière M., Donadille L., Ginjaume M., Itié C., Koukorava C., Krim S., Lebacq A.-L., Martin P., Struelens L., Sans-Merce M., Vanhavere F.
Address
Barcelona, Spain, January 20-22, 2011
ISBN
1350-4487
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2011
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
46
Series
Radiation Measurements
Pages
1252-1257
Language
english
Abstract
Active personal dosemeters (APD) have been found to be very efficient tools to reduce occupational doses in many applications of ionizing radiation. In order to be used in interventional radiology and cardiology (IR/IC), APDs should be able to measure low energy photons and pulsed radiation with relatively high instantaneous personal dose equivalent rates. A study concerning the optimization of the use of APDs in IR/IC was performed in the framework of the ORAMED project, a Collaborative Project (2008-2011) supported by the European Commission within its 7th Framework Program. In particular, eight commercial APDs were tested in continuous and pulsed X-ray fields delivered by calibration laboratories in order to evaluate their performances. Most of APDs provide a response in pulsed mode more or less affected by the personal dose equivalent rate, which means they could be used in routine monitoring provided that correction factors are introduced. These results emphasize the importance of adding tests in pulsed mode in type-test procedures for APDs. Some general recommendations are proposed in the end of this paper for the selection and use of APDs at IR/IC workplaces.
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