DOSES RECEIVED BY PATIENTS DURING THORAX X-RAY EXAMINATIONS

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ESEN NSIKAN U.; OBED RACHEL. I.

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Journal: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS Year:2012 | Volume:9 | Issue:4 Page(s): 245-251

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DOSES RECEIVED BY PATIENTS DURING THORAX X-RAY EXAMINATIONS

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ESEN NSIKAN U. | OBED RACHEL. I. | Issue Writer Certificate

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EFFECTIVE DOSE

ENTRANCE SKIN DOSE

RADIOGRAPHY

Abstract

Introduction: Radiation exposures from diagnostic medical examinations are generally low and are almost always justified by the benefits of accurate diagnosis of possible disease conditions. Therefore, ENTRANCE SKIN DOSE (ESD), body organ dose (BOD), and EFFECTIVE DOSE (ED) from adult patients undergoing routine thorax posterioranterior (PA) and thorax right lateral (RLAT) were estimated in University Hospital, Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria.Materials and Methods: Totally, 102 patients were considered in this work. Using software packages to carry out ESD, BOD, and ED is a recent resource in dosimetry and is being widely used in hospitals. The software used in this work was CALDose_X 5.0. The software makes use of the technical exposure parameters and the tube output of the Xray machine.Results: The estimated ESD median values were 0.96 and 1.85 mGy for thorax posterior anterior (PA) and right lateral (RLAT), respectively. The highest BOD was in the adrenals (270 mGy) for thorax PA and Liver (263 mGy) for thorax RLAT. Similarly, ED for thorax PA and RLAT examination were 0.068 and 0.107 mGy, respectively.Conclusion: It could be observed that examinations that imparted the highest ESD were thorax PA when compared with the established dose level. Therefore, these results call for quality assurance program (QAP) in diagnostic Xray units in Nigeria hospitals.

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MEASURING THE ENTRANCE SURFACE DOSE AND EFFECTIVE DOSE FOR CHEST AND ABDOMEN X-RAY XAMINATIONS IN HAMEDAN, IRAN AND THEIR COMPARISON WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

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ESEN, NSIKAN U., & OBED, RACHEL. I.. (2012). DOSES RECEIVED BY PATIENTS DURING THORAX X-RAY EXAMINATIONS. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, 9(4), 245-251. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/607100/en

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ESEN NSIKAN U., OBED RACHEL. I.. DOSES RECEIVED BY PATIENTS DURING THORAX X-RAY EXAMINATIONS. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS[Internet]. 2012;9(4):245-251. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/607100/en

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NSIKAN U. ESEN, and RACHEL. I. OBED, “DOSES RECEIVED BY PATIENTS DURING THORAX X-RAY EXAMINATIONS,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 245–251, 2012, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/607100/en

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