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Table 1 Mean radiation exposures with standard deviations in μSv for acquisition of one cervical and one lumbar 3D image set, respectively. For each reading of a test series that was below the lower detection limit of the dosemeters, the value of the lower detection limit (44 μSv for film dosemeters) was used leading to the final estimation of a maximum radiation exposure of 4.4 μSv (44 μSv/10)

From: Radiation exposure of a mobile 3D C-arm with large flat-panel detector for intraoperative imaging and navigation - an experimental study using an anthropomorphic Alderson phantom

 

Eye lenses

Thyroid gland

Female gonad

Male gonad

Cervical 3D image set

 Vision RFD 3D

287.2 ± 28.8

2173.3 ± 302.9a

<  4.4

<  4.4

 Vision FD Vario 3D b

294.1 ± 19.5

4405.2 ± 133.8

<  4.4

<  4.4

Lumbar 3D image set

 Vision RFD 3D

11.0 ± 1.1a

9.8 ± 2.0a

6196.5 ± 490.6a

66.9 ± 16.4

 Vision FD Vario 3D b

22.5 ± 2.4

32.8 ± 6.8

1368.6 ± 501.9

32.3 ± 23.4

  1. aindicate p-values < 0.05 in comparison to the Vision FD Vario 3D
  2. bResults of Klingler et al. [3]
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BMC Medical Imaging

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