EDR2 Film for Skin Dose Measurement in Coronary Angiography

Patient skin dose measurements were performed at the cardiology department in a hospital in Penang, Malaysia using EDR films during coronary angiography (CA) procedures. The EDR2 film was first characterized in terms of dose and energy dependence as well reproducibility. For patient dose measurements, the films were placed on the table underneath the patient for an under couch tube position. A total of 27 CA procedures were studied. Results for peak skin doses (PSD) ranged from 35 to 684 mGy while the dose area product (DAP) values were from 5.5 to 93.1 Gy cm2. DAP correlated reasonably with PSD for CA procedure (R2= 0.8212). The highest PSD value in this study is below the threshold dose value of 2 Gy for early transient skin injury recommended by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA 1994).