Research Article

Multicenter Assessment of Radiation Exposure during Pediatric Cardiac Catheterizations Using a Novel Imaging System

Table 3

Cineangiography detector dose rate by center and patient weight.

CenterWeightAverage of all categories
<6 kg<20 kg<40 kg≥40 kg
Frame/snGy/sFrame/snGy/sFrame/snGy/sFrame/snGy/snGy/s

A1518001518001521001014001775
B1518007.59007.59007.59001125
C1518001518001521001521001950
D3023001515001518001521001950

Note: detector dose rate (nGy/s) is the product of frame rate (frame/s) and programmed dose per frame (nGy/frame).