PyMCGPU-IR Monte Carlo code test for occupational dosimetry

PyMCGPU-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 with the position of the monitored worker recorded using a 3D camera system. Thi...

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Autores: García Balcaza, Víctor|||0000-0003-0029-8436, Fernández Bosman, David, Badal Soler, Andreu, Von Barnekow, Ariel, O'Connor, Una, Camp Brunés, Anna|||0000-0002-4736-5598, Aranda López, Juan|||0000-0001-9283-9548, Ginjaume Egido, Mercè|||0000-0002-6767-2624, Duch Guillen, María Amor|||0000-0002-1560-1576
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/388712
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/388712
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncad072
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dosimeters
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Sumario:PyMCGPU-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 with the position of the monitored worker recorded using a 3D camera system. This information is used as an input file for the fast Monte Carlo radiation transport code MCGPU-IR in order to assess the organ doses, Hp(10) and Hp(0.07), as well as the effective dose. In this study, Hp(10) measurements of the first operator during an endovascular aortic aneurysm repair procedure and a coronary angiography using a ceiling suspended shield are compared to PyMCGPU-IR calculations. Differences in the two reported examples are found to be within 15%, which is considered as being very satisfactory. The study highlights the promising advantages of PyMCGPU-IR, although there are still several improvements that need to be implemented before its final clinical use.