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. 2009 Jan;5(1):1–11. doi: 10.2174/157340309787048059

Table 2.

Assessed Quantities, Dosimetry Objective and Corresponding Number of Studies

Quantity Dosimetry objective No. of studies assessed this quantity
Fluoroscopy time* Quality assurance 60
Dose Area Product (DAP) Quality assurance 53
Cine frames* Quality assurance 27
Effective dose Stochastic risk 23
Cine time* Quality assurance 12
Skin dose Deterministic risk 12
Coronary dose Deterministic risk 2
*

non-dosimetric

dosimetric

dose to a coronary artery (in Gy) measured with a catheter based dosimeter during irradiation