Abstract:Purpose: To monitor and measure, in real‐time, patient skin dose during fluoroscopically‐guided interventional (FGI) procedures using a novel plastic scintillation dosimeter (PSD). Methods: A clear optical fiber of 1 mm diameter, 10 m long, is optically coupled to a plastic scintillation fiber (BCF‐60) of 1 mm diameter, 10 mm long. On its other end, the clear fiber is connected to an avalanche photodiode, APD (C4777‐01, Hamamatsu). An electrometer collects the APD charge and displays live graph and dose values… Show more
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