Effective doses for common paediatric diagnostic general radiography examinations at a major Australian paediatric hospital and the communication of associated radiation risks
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DOI: 10.1002/jmrs.632
Abstract: Health professionals in paediatric medical imaging are routinely required to communicate radiation risks to carers and patients. Effective dose alone cannot be used to specify and communicate the radiation risk for an individual as risks… read more here.
Keywords: major australian; effective doses; radiography examinations; radiation ... See more keywords
Realistic phantoms to characterize dosimetry in pediatric CT
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DOI: 10.1007/s00247-017-3805-1
Abstract: BackgroundThe estimation of organ doses and effective doses for children receiving CT examinations is of high interest. Newer, more realistic anthropomorphic body models can provide information on individual organ doses and improved estimates of effective… read more here.
Keywords: reference phantoms; organ effective; body diameter; effective doses ... See more keywords
Recent Survey of Effective Doses of F-18 FDG Torso PET/CT in Korea and the Current Recommendations for CT Protocols of PET/CT
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DOI: 10.1007/s13139-020-00654-7
Abstract: This study aimed to construct a database of the effective doses (ED) from F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) torso positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in Korea to provide data that supports the reduction of the CT dose… read more here.
Keywords: pet korea; effective doses; current recommendations; survey ... See more keywords
Radiation protection and dosimetry issues for patients with prostate cancer after I-125 low-dose-rate brachytherapy permanent implant.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2020.09.003
Abstract: PURPOSE The aim of this work was to analyze the exposure rates measured in the proximity of patients who underwent prostate low-dose-rate brachytherapy with I-125 implant. Effective doses to relatives and to population were computed… read more here.
Keywords: low dose; brachytherapy; dose; rate brachytherapy ... See more keywords
Patient effective doses and radiation risks in cardiac catheterization procedures
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DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.12.012
Abstract: Abstract Cardiac catheterizations (CC) represent a set of interventional procedure used in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary arteries diseases. Whereas interventional procedures perhaps represent only some 12% of all radiological procedures they nevertheless contribute… read more here.
Keywords: radiation; patient effective; effective doses; cardiac catheterization ... See more keywords
Effective dose Estimation in Whole Body 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging.
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DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncac176
Abstract: Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) with internal administration of the FDG-18 is characterized as a widespread functional imaging modality in diagnostic radiation medicine, which increases the patient effective doses owing to the presence of internal… read more here.
Keywords: effective dose; dose estimation; effective doses; pet effective ... See more keywords
Estimation of Indoor and Outdoor Effective Doses and Lifetime Cancer Risk From Gamma Dose Rates in and Around Mandya District, Karnataka.
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DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncac199
Abstract: Indoor and outdoor gamma-ray dose rates have been measured in and around Mandya district (12° 20″ N and 77° 20″ E). The measurements were carried out from 45 locations of Mandya district at 1 m… read more here.
Keywords: effective doses; indoor outdoor; mean value; mandya district ... See more keywords
EFFECTIVE DOSES RADIATION TO THE PATIENTS IN EXAMINATIONS PERFORMED IN THREE CT SCANNERS IN BRAZIL†
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DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncx030
Abstract: This work aimed to analyze the effective doses radiation, estimated from the dose-length product, in 4821 examinations carried out in three CT scanners (named as A, B and C) during the period of December 1st… read more here.
Keywords: effective doses; three scanners; chest examinations; radiation patients ... See more keywords
ESTIMATE OF UAE COMMERCIAL AIRCREW EFFECTIVE DOSES USING CARI-6, EPCARD AND SIEVERT CODES.
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DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncy280
Abstract: The aim of this study is to calculate total cruising route effective doses using three commonly used algorithm codes CARI-6, EPCARD and SIEVERT. Further, the impact of flight cruising duration, altitude and latitude on the… read more here.
Keywords: sievert codes; epcard sievert; cari epcard; using cari ... See more keywords
A Comprehensive Approach for Estimating Collective and Average Effective Doses of Galactic Cosmic Radiation Received by Pilots
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DOI: 10.1097/hp.0000000000001284
Abstract: Abstract This study proposes a feasible and comprehensive approach for estimating collective and average effective doses of galactic cosmic radiation received by pilots on the basis of data in publicly available civil aviation annual statistical… read more here.
Keywords: average effective; comprehensive approach; effective doses; received pilots ... See more keywords
Trends of Annual Whole-body Occupational Radiation Exposure for Industrial Practices in China (2009-2018).
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DOI: 10.1097/hp.0000000000001356
Abstract: ABSTRACT The national status and dose trends on the occupational exposure to ionizing radiation in industrial practices for 2009-2018 in China are presented in terms of seven occupational categories. A total of 504,538 industrial radiation… read more here.
Keywords: radiation workers; radiation; 2009 2018; effective doses ... See more keywords