Determining Skin Exposure
The DAP reading given at the start of this example was 500 Rcm2.
The patient's skin exposure is therefore:
500cm2/176.6 cm2 or 2.83 Roentgens.
This skin exposure includes exposure due to fluoroscopy and spot exposures.
The DAP reading given at the start of this example was 500 Rcm2.
The patient's skin exposure is therefore:
500cm2/176.6 cm2 or 2.83 Roentgens.
This skin exposure includes exposure due to fluoroscopy and spot exposures.