Table 2. Maximum recorded dose (μSv) per location of dosemeter and procedure.
Left wrist | Right wrist | Left finger | Right finger | Left leg | Right leg | Between the eyes | Left eye | |
Cardiac procedures | ||||||||
Coronary angiography | 43 | 27 | 46 | 28 | ||||
Pacemaker implantation | 56 | 118 | 15 | 9 | 489 | 463 | 93 | 61 |
Radiology procedures | ||||||||
Nephrostomy | 242 | 177 | 433 | 19 | 13 | |||
Phlebography | 84 | 49 | 47 | 243 | 45 | |||
Embolism | 87 | 59 | 16 | 36 | ||||
Cholangiography | 1079 | 208 | 348 | 608 | 22 | 19 | ||
Carotid artery angioplasty | 115 | 54 | 19 | 20 | 13 | |||
Left subclavian artery angioplasty | 80 | 18 | 10 | 4 | ||||
Femoral artery angioplasty | 14 | 16 | 17 | 23 | ||||
TIPSS | 586 | 463 | 649 | 174 | 1959 | 1691 | 8 | 7 |
Vertebroplasty | 5239 | 1242 | 2877 | 414 | 83 | 53 | 1129 | 557 |
Lower extremities DSA | 28 | 25 | 21 | 22 | ||||
Fistula stenting | 33 | 18 | 19 | 18 | ||||
Foreign body removal | 7 | 24 | 42 | 31 |
TIPSS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt; DSA, digital subtraction angiography.