Radiation dose reduction in minimally-invasive intravascular procedures using a magnetic guidance system

Author

Tanase, D. ; Bakker, N.H. ; van Loon, D. ; Goosen, J.F.L. ; Trimp, P.J. ; Reekers, J.A. ; French, P.J.

Author_Institution

ET/ITS, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

305

Lastpage

308

Abstract

In minimally-invasive intravascular procedures guide wires and catheters are used to diagnose and treat various vascular diseases. Rather high ionising radiation doses are employed to monitor these instruments during an intervention, creating an important health risk to the medical staff. To analyse the radiation usage, different interventions were recorded and the final results are presented. Further, to minimise the total radiation dose during navigation, an electromagnetic guidance system, which is currently under development, is presented

Keywords

angiocardiography; biomedical equipment; blood vessels; cardiovascular system; diagnostic radiography; dosimetry; magnetic sensors; radiation therapy; X-ray images; angiography; cardiovascular system; catheters; electromagnetic guidance system; guide wires; health risk; high ionising radiation doses; image intensifier; interventional radiology; magnetic sensor system; minimally-invasive intravascular procedures; radiation dose analysis; radiation dose reduction; vascular diseases; Biomedical monitoring; Catheters; Diseases; Electromagnetic radiation; Instruments; Ionizing radiation; Medical diagnostic imaging; Navigation; Radiation monitoring; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microtechnologies in Medicine & Biology 2nd Annual International IEEE-EMB Special Topic Conference on

Conference_Location

Madison, WI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7480-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMB.2002.1002335

Filename

1002335