Patient dose in digital radiography utilising BMI classification

VI Metaxas, GA Messaris, AN Lekatou… - Radiation protection …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Dose audit is important towards optimisation of patients' radiation protection in diagnostic
radiography. In this study, the effect of the body mass index (BMI) on radiation dose received …

Low BMI patient dose in digital radiography

FO Efthymiou, VI Metaxas… - Radiation protection …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In this study, the radiation dose received by 364 low body mass index (BMI) adult patients
undergoing chest, abdomen, lumbar spine, kidneys and urinary bladder (KUB) and pelvis X …

Examining Practitioners' Assessments of Perceived Aesthetic and Diagnostic Quality of High kVp–Low mAs Pelvis, Chest, Skull, and Hand Phantom Radiographs

JR Lorusso, L Fitzgeorge, D Lorusso… - Journal of Medical Imaging …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study investigated the usefulness of the dose optimization strategy of increased tube
voltage (kVp) and decreased tube current-exposure time product (mAs)(or high kVp–low …

Image quality and dose analysis for a PA chest X-ray: comparison between AEC mode acquisition and manual mode using the 10 kVp 'rule'

C Reis, J Gonçalves, C Klompmaker, AR Bárbara… - Radiography, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare the image quality and effective dose applying the 10 kVp rule with
manual mode acquisition and AEC mode in PA chest X-ray. Method 68 images (with and …

A review of the effectiveness of fever tent setup in COVID-19 pandemic from a radiology perspective

LM Melissa, CS Ting, CMF Manful, CH Li… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction This paper describes our experience in setting up a dedicated imaging facility
within a temporary fever tentage in an acute tertiary hospital in Singapore during the …

Population dose from medical diagnostic exposure in Taiwan

CJ Tung, CH Yang, CY Yeh… - Radiation protection …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Medical exposure showed a continuous increasing trend. This trend was due to the growth
of diagnostic procedures such as computed tomography (CT) and interventional fluoroscopy …

Patient Radiation Doses assessment at Diagnostic X-rays Department of King Khalid hospital (KKH)-Majmaah

MK Saeed, Y Abdallah, A Suilman… - Current Medical …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
Background The study was conducted on patients who received diagnostic X-rays in King
Khalid Hospital (KKH), Majmaah. Introduction The study included the seven most frequently …

Automated classification of echo-cardiography images using texture analysis methods

J Chaki, R Parekh - Handbook of Medical and Healthcare Technologies, 2013 - Springer
This work studies the prospects and efficacy of identifying and classifying disease conditions
from digital medical images by applying image processing and pattern recognition …

Maintaining Quality Control by using general Radiological film

R Safitri, E Yufita - Jurnal Teori dan Aplikasi Fisika, 2015 - jtaf.fmipa.unila.ac.id
Telah dilakukan pengujian karakteristik film radiografi untuk menentukan kualitas citra film
radologi dengan cara melakukan kegiatan Quality Control (QC) pada mesin sinar X. Salah …

Dose reduction in general radiography while maintaining diagnostic confidence for selected examinations in selected Hospitals in the Ashanti Region, Ghana

E Amponsah - 2014 - inis.iaea.org
[en] The objective of the study is to explore the potential for dose reduction in the selected X-
ray facilities for the selected examinations and to ensure that images obtained after the …