Radiation Safety
Hands-on training for radiation protection
• Evidence-based radiation model
• Modern operator controls based on real equipment
• Live readings of air kerma, KAP, ESD and PSD
• Rates and cumulative values displayed as on real fluoroscopy systems
• Live heatmap visualizations of patient exposure
• Live heatmap visualizations of operator exposure with and without protective gear
• Delivered dose realistically affects image quality
• Large patients affect delivered dose
• Visualization of radiation beam
• Dose warnings and notifications
• Physician organ doses displayed
• Patent technology (US patent US9323896)
• Balance between delivered dose and image quality – ALARA principle
• Understand and explore when and why high doses occur
• Learn proper use of cine and DSA, frame rate and fluoro store
• Use magnification, collimation, wedge filters, and virtual guidance to limit dose to areas out of interest
• Reduce dose for steep angulation or large patients
• Increase awareness of staff positions relative to direct beam and scatter
• Learn the benefits of using protective wear and shielding
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