Surgeon radiation dose during complex endovascular procedures Melissa L. Kirkwood, MD, Jeffrey B. Guild, PhD, Gary M. Arbique, PhD, Jon A. Anderson, PhD, R. James Valentine, MD, Carlos Timaran, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 62, Issue 2, Pages 457-463 (August 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.050 Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Reference air kerma (RAK). IRP, International reference point. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 457-463DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.050) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Operator position. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 457-463DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.050) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Operator dose by position for fluoroscopically guided interventions (FGIs). CV, Cerebrovascular; Embo, embolization; EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; FEVAR, fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair; LE, lower extremity; VI, visceral. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 457-463DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.050) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Operator dose as a function of reference air kerma (RAK) and kerma-area product (KAP). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 457-463DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.050) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Operator dose as a function of kerma-area product (KAP) for fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) and lower extremity (LE) intervention. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 457-463DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.050) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 6 Upper and lower body operator doses with and without the table-mounted shielding skirt. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 457-463DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.050) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions