Radiation exposure of a mobile 3D C-arm with large flat-panel detector for intraoperative imaging and navigation - an ex
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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 Yashar Naseri1,2, Ulrich Hubbe1, Christoph Scholz1, Johannes Brönner3, Marie T. Krüger1,2 and Jan-Helge Klingler1*
Abstract Background: Intraoperative 3-dimensional (3D) navigation is increasingly being used for pedicle screw placement. For this purpose, dedicated mobile 3D C-arms are capable of providing intraoperative fluoroscopy-based 3D image data sets. Modern 3D C-arms have a large field of view, which suggests a higher radiation exposure. In this experimental study we therefore investigate the radiation exposure of a new mobile 3D C-arm with large flat-panel detector to a previously reported device with regular flat-panel detector on an Alderson phantom. Methods: We measured the radiation exposure of the Vision RFD 3D (large 30 × 30 cm detector) while creating 3D image sets as well as standard fluoroscopic images of the cervical and lumbar spine using an Alderson phantom. The dosemeter readings were then compared with the radiation exposure of the previous model Vision FD Vario 3D (smaller 20 × 20 cm detector), which had been examined identically in advance and published elsewhere. Results: The larger 3D C-arm induced lower radiation exposures at all dosemeter sites in cervical 3D scans as well as at the sites of eye lenses and thyroid gland in lumbar 3D scans. At male and especially female gonads in lumbar 3D scans, however, the larger 3D C-arm showed higher radiation exposures compared with the smaller 3D C-arm. In lumbar fluoroscopic images, the dosemeters near/in the radiation field measured a higher radiation exposure using the larger 3D C-arm. (Continued on next page)
* Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 64, 79106 Freiburg, Germany Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/public
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