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Medikal Görüntülemede Güncel Teknikler Çalıştayı, İstanbul, Turkey, 9 - 10 September 2019, pp.26
The aim of this study was to determine the radiation dose of the cardiologist, nurses and technical staff in the pediatric angio laboratory during their diagnostic and therapeutic applications. This
study is also to compare the radiation dose in the applications performed in our country with the
doses exposed on a world scale. Individual doses of interventional radiology workers were determined by TLD dose measurement technique. A total of 137 applications were performed in the
pediatric angiography laboratory during our study. The radiation dose received for each personnel
in a single application was determined, and the total dose values were measured in the sequential
applications. If the annual workload is taken into consideration, it is calculated that the personnel
with high workload may be exposed to a dose of 1384,56 Sv per year. Furthermore, from the total
dose values, the doses per procedure were calculated to be in the range of 6,5 to 11,07 Sv. These
results are consistent with the literature. It is seen that it is also below the values found by many
researchers.
Keywords: Radiation dose; interventional cardiology; TLD; radiation protection; pediatric angiograp