Gonad shielding in paediatric pelvic radiography: disadvantages prevail over benefit
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Gonad shielding in paediatric pelvic radiography: disadvantages prevail over benefit
OBJECTIVE To re-evaluate gonad shielding in paediatric pelvic radiography in terms of attainable radiation risk reduction and associated loss of diagnostic information. METHODS A study on patient dose and the quality of gonad shielding was performed retrospectively using 500 pelvic radiographs of children from 0 to 15 years old. In a subsequent study, 195 radiographs without gonad shielding w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Insights into Imaging
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1869-4101
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-011-0130-3