Browsing by Author "O'Connor, Una"
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Eye lens monitoring for interventional radiology personnel: dosemeters, calibration and practical aspects of H-p(3) monitoring. A 2015 review
Carinou, Eleftheria; Ferrari, Paolo; Ciraj Bjelac, Olivera; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Sans Merce, Marta; O'Connor, Una (2015-09-01)
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Open AccessA thorough literature review about the current situation on the implementation of eye lens monitoring has been performed in order to provide recommendations regarding dosemeter types, calibration procedures and practical ... -
Feasibility study of computational occupational dosimetry: evaluating a proof-of-concept in an endovascular and interventional cardiology setting
O'Connor, Una; Walsh, Colin; Gorman, Dermot; O'Reilly, Geraldine; Martin, Zenia; Madhavan, Prakash; Murphy, Ross; Szirt, Richard; Almén, Anja; Andersson, Martin; Camp Brunés, Anna; García Balcaza, Víctor; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Abdelrahman, Mahmoud; Lombardo, Pasquale; Vanhavere, Filip (2022-10-05)
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Open AccessIndividual monitoring of radiation workers is essential to ensure compliance with legal dose limits and to ensure that doses are As Low As Reasonably Achievable. However, large uncertainties still exist in personal dosimetry ... -
Occupational exposure of the eye lens in interventional procedures: how to assess and manage radiation dose
Ciraj Bjelac, Olivera; Carinou, Eleftheria; Ferrari, Paolo; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Sans Merce, Marta; O'Connor, Una (2016-11-01)
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Open AccessOccupational exposure from interventional x-ray procedures is one of the areas in which increased eye lens exposure may occur. Accurate dosimetry is an important element to investigate the correlation of observed radiation ... -
Personal dosimetry using monte-carlo simulations for occupational dose monitoring in interventional radiology: The results of a proof of concept in a clinical setting
Almén, Anja; Andersson, Martin; O'Connor, Una; Abdelrahman, Mahmoud; Camp Brunés, Anna; García Fernández, Víctor Gerardo; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Vanhavere, Filip (2021-10-01)
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Open AccessExposure levels to staff in interventional radiology (IR) may be significant and appropriate assessment of radiation doses is needed. Issues regarding measurements using physical dosemeters in the clinical environment still ... -
PyMCGPU-IR Monte Carlo code test for occupational dosimetry
García Balcaza, Víctor; Fernández Bosman, David; Badal Soler, Andreu; Von Barnekow, Ariel; O'Connor, Una; Camp Brunés, Anna; Aranda López, Juan; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Duch Guillen, María Amor (2023-05-24)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyPyMCGPU-IR is an innovative occupational dose monitoring tool for interventional radiology procedures. It reads the radiation data from the Radiation Dose Structured Report of the procedure and combines this information ... -
Recommendations for the use of active personal dosemeters (APDs) in interventional workplaces in hospitals
O'Connor, Una; Carinou, Eleftheria; Clairand, Isabelle; Ciraj Bjelac, Olivera; Ferrari, Paolo; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Sans Merce, Marta; Vanhavere, Filip (2021-07-01)
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Open AccessOccupational radiation doses from interventional procedures have the potential to be relatively high. The requirement to optimise these doses encourages the use of electronic or active personal dosimeters (APDs) which are ... -
Status of eye lens radiation dose monitoring in European hospitals
Carinou, Eleftheria; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; O'Connor, Una; Kopec, Renata; Sans Merce, Marta (2014-12-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyA questionnaire was developed by the members of WG12 of EURADOS in order to establish an overview of the current status of eye lens radiation dose monitoring in hospitals. The questionnaire was sent to medical physicists ...