background: to suggest south india ct diagnostic reference levels (drls) by collecting radiation doses for the most commonly performed ct examinations. materials and methods: a pilot study investigated the most frequent ct examinations. 110 ct sites were asked to complete a survey booklet to allow the recording of ct parameters for each of 3 ct examinations during a 1 year time period. dose dat...

introduction in computed tomography (ct) technology, an optimal radiation dose can be achieved via changing radiation parameters such as ma, pitch factor, rotation time and tube voltage (kvp) for diagnostic images. materials and methods in this study, the brain, abdomen, and thorax scaning was performed using toshiba 16-slice scannerand standard aapm and ctdi phantoms. aapm phantom was used for...

conclusion attending radiologists could diagnose acute appendicitis accurately on ne-ldct. performance of senior residents on ne-ldct is better than junior residents and comparable to attending radiologists. results diagnostic performances for acute appendicitis were not statistically different for attending radiologists at both examinations. better performance was noted on the ce-sdct with a b...

Background: Medical X-rays are the largest man-made source of public exposure to ionizing radiation. While the benefits of Computed Tomography (CT) are well known in accurate diagnosis, those benefits are not risk-free. CT is a device with higher patient dose in comparison with other conventional radiation procedures. Objective: This study is aimed at evaluating radiation dose to patients from ...

conclusion scout views may be useful in determining dose and image quality in ct scanning; however, it is necessary to first determine the most appropriate scout view for ct scans. background while using the automatic exposure control technique in computed tomography (ct), the scout view determines the radiation dose for the ct scan by taking anatomical morphology into consideration. objectives...

background:  this study presents patient specific and organ dose estimation in computed tomography (ct) imaging of thorax directly from patient ct image using monte carlo simulation.  patient's ct image is considered as the patient specific phantom and the best representative of patient physical index in order to calculate specific organ dose. materials and methods: egsnrc /beamnrc monte c...

computed tomographyrepresents about 10% of all diagnostic radiology procedures, but it isresponsible for almost 50% - 60% of exposure from diagnostic procedures. inhead ct, other critical organs such as eye lenses and thyroids are in theradiation field. therefore, dose assessment in these organs is very important.the aim of this study is to estimate the absorbed dose in critical organs ofpatien...

Introduction: Computed tomography is one of the most powerful tools for investigating thorax disease, because it shows progression of lung disease much clearer than chest radiography. Technical advances in CT scanners have led to some abilities for CT scanners such as coverage of larger volume, lower noise and ability for acquiring image in one respiratory phase. However, this will be accompani...

background marketing new radiography devices necessitates documenting their absorbed x-ray doses. since the current literature lacks studies on new devices, we assessed the doses of two new devices that had not previously been assessed. objectives the new devices were compared to the promax three dimensional (3d) scanner at two fields of view (fov) in nine critical head and neck tissues and org...

background : medical x-rays are the largest man-made source of public exposure to ionizing radiation. while the benefits of computed tomography (ct) are well known in accurate diagnosis, those benefits are not risk-free. ct is a device with higher patient dose in comparison with other conventional radiation procedures. objective: this study is aimed at evaluating radiation dose to patients from...