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Ferramenta computacional para avalia??o de kerma no ar em aplica??es de radioprote??o em áreas de interna??o de pacientes: proposi??o de um método simples para avalia??o experimental

DOI: 10.1590/S0100-39842012000200003

Keywords: radiology, radiological protection, software toolkit.

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objective: to present a data analysis toolkit that may be utilized with the purpose of radiation protection of hospital inpatients and workers in areas where mobile apparatuses are used. materials and methods: an excel? activesheet was utilized to develop a computational toolkit with exposure measurements to generate a database of shape factors and to calculate the air kerma around hospital beds. the initial database included data collected with three mobile apparatuses. a non-anthropomorphic phantom was utilized and exposure measurements were performed on a (4.2 × 4.2) m2 mesh-grid at 0.3 m steps. results: the toolkit calculates the air kerma (associated with patients' radiation exposure and with ambient equivalent dose) under secondary radiation. for distances lower than 60.0 cm, values above the maximum ambient equivalent dose threshold defined for radiation free areas (0.5 msv/year) were verified. data collected at 2.1 m have always presented values lower than 12% of that threshold. conclusion: the toolkit can aid in the radiological protection of patients and workers, provided it is combined with appropriate data collection, since it allows the determination of radiation free areas around beds in rooms where mobile x-ray apparatuses are utilized.

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