This work suggests a classification of interventional radiology and cardiology procedures
based on statistical analysis of operators’ finger doses measured in routine clinical
conditions. In total, 346 finger doses were measured and the observed mean finger dose per
class of procedure ranged from 0.03 mSv to 1.56 mSv for Cerebral, and Bone and Joint
procedures, respectively. The statistical analysis showed that the finger dose in Cerebral
procedures is significantly lower than in Cardiac procedures, which was significantly
lower than the rest. Furthermore, finger doses in therapeutic procedures and in close ones
were significantly greater than in diagnostic procedures and in distal ones. This work
also studied the statistical relation between the use of ceiling-suspended shields or
leaded gloves and the extremity dose. From the set of collected and analyzed data, a
finger dose classification was proposed for different criteria: procedure type
(diagnostics/therapeutic), proximity (close/distal), procedure class and access route.