A dual-modality quantification of scattered radiation from head to female breasts during radiological investigations in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Abstract Background To quantify the amount of scattered radiation reaching breasts during x-ray and CT investigations head in order to find appropriate justification for an intended change practice involving torso shielding. Results Scattered from reached both procedures. The range mean dose were (CR 1.02–3.61/1.94 ± 0.63 mGy) (CT 2.20–8.50/3.74 2.28 mGy). Both had enormous difference CR (72.3%) (51.4%) which statistically significant ( p < 0.05). Correlation with anthropometric parameters gave weak results. Conclusion Despite mitigation strategies such as software hardware modifications radiological modalities, use anti-scatter grid, collimation optimization by radiographers, still traveled breasts. These were, however, significantly reduced when shielding was applied. For a dose-safe practice, radiographers are urged, addition current at mitigating scatters, adopt examinations contiguous anatomies breast.