Patent ID: 8581214

Claim:
A dose awareness indication device for determining an individual dose data of a plurality of staff members during a diagnostic or interventional x-ray examination or clinical task of an object of interest with an examination apparatus, the device comprising: a plurality of personal dose sensors for providing raw dose measuring data, wherein the plurality of personal dose sensors are activated within a predetermined range from the examination apparatus, wherein the plurality of personal dose sensors operate in real-time, and wherein the plurality of staff members each have a role in the examination; a determination processor for determining the individual dose data in real time on the basis of the raw dose measuring data received from the plurality of personal dose sensors and information data received from the examination apparatus; wherein the information data from the examination apparatus identifies the kind of examination and at least one examination parameter selected from the use of wedges and collimators, gantry settings including angulation, rotation SID, and table positioning, the fluoro taste including low dose, high dose, low frame speed, and high frame speed, beam quality including kV and added filter, and examination start and end; wherein the determination processor is configured to set a threshold value on the basis of the kind of examination, the at least one examination parameter, and the roles of the individual staff members; and wherein the threshold value is set differently for individuals of the plurality of staff members.