Abstract
According to the International Electro-technical Commission, manufacturers of X-ray equipment should indicate the number of radiation doses to which a patient can be exposed. Dose-area product (DAP) meters are readily available devices that provide dose indices. Collimators are the most commonly employed radiation beam restrictors in X-ray equipment. DAP meters are attached to the lower surface of a collimator. A DAP meter consists of a chamber and electronics. This separation makes it difficult for operators to maintain the accuracy of a DAP meter. Developing a comprehensive system that has a DAP meter in place of a mirror in the collimator would be effective for measuring, recording the dose and maintaining the quality of the DAP meter. This study was conducted through experimental measurements and a simulation. A DAP meter built into a collimator was found to be feasible when its reading was multiplied by a correction factor.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 421-426 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Radiation Protection Dosimetry |
| Volume | 162 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 Dec 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea Government (MEST) no. 2012-028026 and a Korea University Grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Radiation
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
