Table 3. Calculated annual doses for the interventionists with the highest workloads (cardiologist A and radiologist A) and the interventionist for whom maximum doses per procedure were recorded (radiologist B).
Operator |
Total annual dose (mSv) |
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Annual procedures | Left wrist | Right wrist | Left leg | Right Leg | Eyes | |
Cardiologist A | 605 (coronary angiographies) | 19.2 | 12.5 | 16.2 | 13.8 | 8.2 |
Radiologist A | 167 (various procedures) | 104.9 | 58.0 | 51.4 | 44.5 | 0.5 |
Radiologist B | 31 (vertebroplasties) | 107.7 | 19.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 27.9 |