PACIJENTNA DOZIMETRIJA KOD NUKLEARNOMEDICINSKIH I RADIODIJAGNOSTIČKIH PRETRAGA SRCA
PATIENT DOSIOMETRY IN NUCLEAR-MEDICAL AND RADIODIAGNOSTIC HEART EXAMINATIONS

Author(s): Amra Skopljak-Beganović
Contributor(s): Adnan Arnautlija (Translator)
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: patient dosimetry; nuclear medicine; radiodiagnostics; optimization;
Summary/Abstract: The number of diagnostic heart tests involving the use of ionizing radiation has increased significantly over the past decade. Doctors who refer patients to these procedures must be aware of the risk and be informed of the doses that are the product of the use of ionizing radiation in these procedures. For the purpose of assessing doses for patients following cardiac imaging methods, 50 patients were examined who underwent a nuclear-medical scintigraphic examination of myocardial perfusion (at strain and at rest, using MIBI Tc-99m radiopharmaceutical), 53 patients who underwent conventional coronary angiography (CA), and 69 patients who underwent coronary angiography with computerized tomography (CTA). The effective dose was estimated using various techniques for different diagnostic modalities. The results show great differences in the effective dose depending on the selected procedure. Generally, the effective doses received by women are greater than those received by men.

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