Fluoroscopy is a vital tool for imaging anatomy and equipment during cardiovascular procedures.  Unfortunately, imaging with x-rays may have detrimental effects on the patient and the staff that are inadvertently exposed due to their proximity to the patient.

This research assesses the effectiveness of dose reducing software during fluoroscopically guided cardiac procedures. Dose levels were measured during coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention, implantation of patent foramina ovale, atrial septal defect and atrial appendage closure devices, and insertion of permanent pacemakers.  Patient and staff dose were compared for two rooms fitted with dose reducing software, to a room that did not have the software installed.

This dataset was produced as part of Kelly Wilson-Stewart's PhD, 'Factors which influence occupational radiation head and eye dose to in-room personnel during angiographic procedures'. 

Kelly's Ph.D. project aims to quantify the levels of temple dose to staff during diagnostic and interventional cardiac and endovascular procedures utilising fluoroscopy.  An additional focus will be placed on reporting on factors that may influence occupational dose levels to nurses and other in-room staff.

The following people were involved in the supervision of this project design and manuscript prepration:

Davide Fontanarosa:

• School of Clinical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
• Centre for Biomedical Technologies (CBT), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia

Jamie V. Trapp:

• School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia

The following person was involved in statistical analysis, data curation and manuscript preparation:

Eva Malacova:

• QMIR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 200 Herston Road, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia
• Centre for Biomedical Technologies (CBT), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia

The data owner would like to thank her nursing, radiography, and medical colleagues from the cardio-vascular suites at Greenslopes Private Hospital for their contributions towards data collection during this research. The data owner gratefully also acknowledges the support provided by the Australian Commonwealth Government in the form of a research stipend.