Estimation of skin entrance doses (SEDs) for common medical X-ray diagnostic examinations in India and proposed diagnostic reference levels (DRLs)

AU Sonawane, VK Shirva… - Radiation protection …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Skin entrance doses (SEDs) were estimated by carrying out measurements of air kerma from
101 X-ray machines installed in 45 major and selected hospitals in the country by using a …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of entrance skin dose and calculation of effective dose for common diagnostic x-ray examinations in Kashan, Iran

A Aliasgharzadeh, E Mihandoost… - Global journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The knowledge of the radiation dose received by the patient during the radiological
examination is essential to prevent risks of exposures. The aim of this work is to study patient …

A comparative assessment of entrance surface doses in analogue and digital radiography during common radiographic examinations

D Seo, S Jang, J Kim, J Kim, D Sung… - Radiation protection …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Digital radiography is often performed at a higher dose rate than analogue radiography for
image acquisition. The authors measured the Entrance Surface Dose (ESD) of analogue …

Patient effective dose evaluation for chest X-ray examination in three digital radiography centers

R Paydar, A Takavar, MR Kardan, KA BABA… - 2012 - sid.ir
Background: The radiation doses resulting from diagnostic X-ray examinations are routinely
measured in terms of entrance surface dose (ESD) and EFFECTIVE DOSE (ED). In this …

[PDF][PDF] Cumulative radiation dose and cancer risk estimation in common diagnostic radiology procedures

S Nikzad, M Pourkaveh, NJ Vesal… - Iranian Journal of …, 2018 - brieflands.com
Background: Diagnostic radiology by the use of ionizing radiation plays a main contribution
in the collective dose of human population. Knowing the radiation dose received by patients …

[PDF][PDF] Local diagnostic reference levels for some common diagnostic X-Ray examinations in Sabzevar county of Iran

H Zarghani, M Bahreyni - Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2018 - researchgate.net
Materials and Methods: There are eight radiology departments in Sabzevar County, Iran.
The entrance skin dose (ESD) distributions were determined by use of thermoluminescence …

[HTML][HTML] Patient dose levels for seven different radiographic examination types

MAK Abdelhalim - Saudi journal of Biological sciences, 2010 - Elsevier
This study was carried out as a part of a comprehensive project to establish a national
diagnostic reference level (NDRL), for the first time, in Saudi Arabia. Seven of the most …

Patient dose audit for patients undergoing six common radiography examinations: potential dose reference levels: peer reviewed original article

T Nyathi, LC Nethwadzi, T Mabhengu… - South African …, 2009 - journals.co.za
The purpose of this study was to determine radiation doses for patients undergoing six
general radiography examinations at the main x-ray department of Charlotte Maxeke …

Determination of diagnostic reference level in routine examinations of digital radiography in Mazandaran province

Z Hoseini Motlagh… - Radiation Protection …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Introduction The main purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic reference level
(DRL) for routine digital radiography examinations in Mazandaran province. Materials and …

Organ equivalent dose and lifetime attributable risk of cancer incidence and mortality associated with cardiac CT angiography

SMB Hosseini Nasab, MR Deevband… - Radiation protection …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study is the calculation of equivalent organ dose and estimation of lifetime
attributable risk (LAR) of cancer incidence and mortality related to cardiac computed …