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Table 5.

International comparison of DRLs for interventional radiology

		Japan [5]	France [17]	USA [18]	Germany [19]	Ireland [20]
Diagnostic cerebral angiography	K_{a, r} (mGy)	590	630
Diagnostic cerebral angiography	P_KA (Gy・cm2)	89	90
Embolization in the head for aneurysm	K_{a, r} (mGy)	3100	2770	4750
Embolization in the head for aneurysm	P_KA (Gy・cm²)	210	190	360	250	62
Diagnostic coronary angiography	K_{a, r} (mGy)	700		1000
Diagnostic coronary angiography	P_KA (Gy・cm²)	59		49.4	28	55
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)	K_{a, r} (mGy)	1800		3000
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)	P_KA (Gy・cm²)	130		98.4	48	75
PCI – chronic total occlusion (CTO)	K_{a, r} (mGy)	3900
PCI – chronic total occlusion (CTO)	P_KA (Gy・cm²)	280				350
Hepatic chemoembolization (transcatheter arterial chemoembolization; TACE)	K_{a, r} (mGy)	1400	990	1900
	P_KA (Gy・cm²)	270	250	400	230	300
Thoracic endovascular aortic Repair (TEVAR)	K_{a, r} (mGy)	830
Thoracic endovascular aortic Repair (TEVAR)	P_KA (Gy・cm ²)	200			230
Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR)	Ka, r (mGy)	1000
Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR)	P_KA (Gy・cm ²)	210			230	159