Effects of ionizing radiation exposure during pregnancy

JG Mainprize, MJ Yaffe, T Chawla, P Glanc - Abdominal Radiology, 2023 - Springer
Purpose To review the effects of ionizing radiation to the conceptus and the relationship to
the timing of the exposure during pregnancy. To consider strategies that would mitigate …

A comparative study on Compton mass attenuation coefficient based on Klein-Nishina theory for different types of materials in the energy range 0.284–15 MeV

M Büyükyıldız - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Radiation is used in many applications such as medicine, therapy, industry but it also has
some disadvantages or hazards. Therefore, the knowledge of how radiation interacts with …

Evaluation of paediatric computed tomography imaging for brain, and abdomen procedures

A Almujally, N Tamam, A Sulieman, DT Tai… - Radiation Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Computed tomography (CT) are often used for adult and pediatric patients. This is basically
due to its powerful diagnostic capabilities in providing the tiniest details of pathologies in the …

Multiphase vascular lower limb computed tomography: assessment of patients doses and radiogenic risk

R Jaafar, A Sulieman, N Tamam, H Omer… - Radiation Physics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The purposes of this study are to estimate patient's radiation doses and radiogenic risk in
vascular lower limb computed tomography (CT). In total, 188 (109 (68%) males and 79 …

Paediatric effective radiation doses during brain computed tomography angiography procedure

H Salah, M Rabbaa, M Abuljoud, E Babikir… - Applied Radiation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In comparison to adults and paediatric are more sensitive to ionizing radiation exposure.
Computed tomography (CT) is now the dominant source of medical radiologic tests for …

National diagnostic reference levels based on clinical indications and patient size for adults' computed tomography in the Kingdom of Bahrain

N Hasan, C Rizk, E Babikir - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose The study aims to establish national diagnostic reference levels (NDRLs) for
computed tomography (CT) examinations performed on adult patients based on clinical …

Establishment of an institutional diagnostic reference level for vascular lower extremity computed tomography angiography

A Sulieman, M Alkhorayef, E Alkhaybari… - Radiation Physics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
About 70% of all collective doses from medical tests come from computed tomography (CT),
the primary public radiation exposure source. Patients received higher doses during contrast …

Diagnostic reference levels for common pediatric computed tomography studies: A retrospective study.

M Khafaji, R Barnawi, S Amoudi, H Gabbani… - Radiation Physics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the rapid increase in computed tomography (CT) examinations among pediatric
patients, the concern about the effects of radiation exposure in this population has …

Effective radiation doses in pediatric PET/CT examinations: pilot study

M Alkhorayef - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2021 - Elsevier
The young are significantly more sensitive to radiation than adults, by up to 3 times, due to
their rapidly dividing cells and anticipation of a relatively longer lifespan. Positron emission …

Comparison of bone mineral density changes between male and female osteoporosis patients using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scan

MM Al-Bogami, OA Akanle, S Aldawood… - Applied Radiation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The goal of the current research was to define the impact of individual characteristics on the
response of osteoporosis patients to bisphosphonate medication, as well as the influence of …