According as the progress of medical technique, X-ray imaging systems have been progressed. Especially, X-ray CT imaging system have been improved and widely used as general diagnostic methods nowadays in Japan. However, the doses for patients of X-ray CT imaging are relatively higher than of other Xray examinations. The dose estimations and optimizations on X-ray CT are very important for medi...

The estimation of the mean glandular dose to the breast (MGD) for x-ray based imaging modalities forms an essential part of quality control and is needed for risk estimation and for system design and optimisation. This review considers the development of methods for estimating the MGD for mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and dedicated breast CT (DBCT). Almost all of the methodolo...

The estimation of the mean glandular dose to the breast (MGD) for x-ray based imaging modalities forms an essential part of quality control and is needed for risk estimation and for system design and optimisation. This review considers the development of methods for estimating the MGD for mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and dedicated breast CT (DBCT). Almost all of the methodolo...

Kodak X-Omat V radiographic film has been tested for its polarization properties when using polarized and non-polarized light sources and detectors. The radiographic film has been shown to produce a relatively small but not negligible (less than 5%) variation in 90 degrees cycles in measured optical density within the visible spectrum when the light source is fully linear polarized and the film...

Objective(s): To investigate and compare quantitative accuracy of kidney absorbed dose measures made from both 2D and 3D imaging in patients receiving 177LuDOTATATE (Lutate) for treatment of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). Methods: Patients receiving Lutate therapy underwent both whole body planar imaging and SPECT/CT imaging over the kidneys at time points 0.5, 4, 24, and 96-120 hours after inj...

Introduction Prostate brachytherapy by Iodine-125 seeds is a common treatment modality for localized prostate cancer. An important aspect in such a treatment is intra-operative and post-implant dose evaluation, which relies on accurate localization of implanted seeds relative to the surrounding organs. In current clinical practice, the seeds are localized intra-operatively using ultrasonography...

Computed tomography (CT) dosimetry normally uses an ionization chamber 100 mm long to estimate the computed tomography dose index (CTDI), however some reports have already indicated that small devices could replace the long ion chamber to improve quality assurance procedures in CT dosimetry. This paper presents a novel dosimetry system based in a commercial phototransistor evaluated for CT dosi...