Interventional radiologists: occupational radiation doses and risks.

Interventional radiologists receive nonuniform occupational radiation doses, with relatively high doses to the head and extremities and low doses to the trunk, which is protected by a lead apron. Twenty-eight interventional radiologists from 17 institutions wore thermoluminescent dosimeters over their collars and under their aprons for a 2-month period. The estimated annual radiation dose was converted to effective dose as suggested by the...